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Child Care Food Program (CCFP)

Child Care Food Program is a federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Nebraska Department of Education. The Child Care Food Program reimburses home child care providers for serving nutritious meals to children in their care through age 12.

If you want to take the best care of children and have more spendable income at the end of the year, the Child Care Food Program is for YOU! The Child Care Food Program has been reimbursing family child care providers for a portion of their nutrition costs since 1968.

Nationwide, about 200,000 family child care providers took advantage of the program last year.

Below are the meal reimbursement rates. These rates are raised on July 1 every year.

REIMBURSEMENT RATES
July 1, 2011– June 30, 2012

	Tier I	Tier II
Breakfast	$1.24	$0.45
Lunch/Supper	$2.32	$1.40
Snack	$0.69	$0.19

INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
If you, the provider, have a low income, live in a low-income area, or serve low-income children, you may be eligible for the Tier I reimbursement rate. If you don't have at least one of these qualifications, you will get the Tier II reimbursement rate. You might qualify by the household income. Print a Household Eligibility Form to share with families. Ask them to fill the form and mail it directly to us. All information submitted is confidential. We are not able to tell you if a family has completed a form or if they qualify.

Qualifying providers please print and complete one of the following forms:

Mail it to:

Family Service CCFP Tier Office
501 South 7th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508

For qualifying families in your care, please print and have parents complete the following form:

2011 Income Eligibility Form - Household

Have families mail the form directly to us at:

Family Service CCFP Tier Office
501 South 7th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508

All information submitted is confidential.

Benefits offered by Family Service
Child Care Food Program