Child and Adult Care Food Program—New Institutions
Wanting to Apply
Welcome! We encourage you to participate in the Child and
Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Your institution may qualify
to receive reimbursement to provide nutritious meals and
snacks to the children in your care. CACFP offers reimbursement
to many different types of programs. Programs may be operated
by a public, private non-profit, or private for-profit organization.
Private for-profit institutions are eligible, when they receive
subsidized childcare payments for at least 25 percent of
their Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) license
capacity OR 25 percent of their total enrollment, whichever
is less. Institutions may also use free/reduced-price applications
to meet the 25 percent eligibility. For detailed program
information, click on and review the following Fact
Sheets to ensure your institution meets program requirements before attending the mandatory CACFP Orientation for New Institution
Training session.
You may apply to participate in CACFP at any time during
the year. There are five phases to the application process.
Phase 1—Attend a mandatory CACFP Orientation
for New Institutions training where you will gain knowledge on CACFP policies
and procedures and receive forms and documents for the application
process and daily CACFP operation.
Register for the training by clicking on CACFP
Orientation for New Institutions.
You may register up to two people employed with
your institution. Staff that should attend the training
includes the owner of for-profit institutions or principal/key
individuals
of non-profit institutions responsible for the overall administration
of the food program and an individual responsible for daily
administrative activities should attend the training.
Phase 2—Complete the application packet received
at the training and mail back to the Illinois State Board
of
Education. If you need additional copies of the application
documents received at the training, click
here.
Phase 3—Establish and implement the necessary Child
and Adult Care Food Program procedures discussed at the CACFP
Orientation for New Institution training.
Phase 4—Once your paper application packet
is reviewed and considered complete by the Illinois State
Board of Education
(ISBE), you will receive a Pre-Operational Visit Request
Form. Complete and fax this document back to ISBE when you
have ALL your CACFP procedures in place. An ISBE monitor
will then call to schedule an appointment for your on-site
Pre-Operational Visit. You have two attempts to successfully
pass the Pre-Operational Visit.
Phase 5—After completing the Pre-Operational
Visit successfully, you are given an approval date,
you will
be
notified
to complete the electronic CACFP application on the Internet.
Your institution will then be able to receive reimbursement
for providing nutritious meals and/or snacks to the children
in your care! Thank you for your interest in the Child and
Adult Care Food Program.
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