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Child/Adult Care Food Program

Food Program

Who can participate in the SENDCAA Food Program?

If you are a licensed or self-declared family child care provider in eastern North Dakota, you may be eligible to participate.

How does the program work?

  1. Become a licensed or self-declared family child care provider.
  2. Contact SENDCAA to schedule a visit to your home child care.
  3. Sign an agreement with the SENDCAA Food Program and enroll the children in your care.
  4. Feed children following food program guidelines and keep a record of menus and attendance.
  5. Submit monthly menu and attendance records.
  6. Receive your reimbursement!

Once you've been a SENDCAA Food Program provider:

  • Allow one of our friendly food program staff to visit your child care home three times a year
  • Complete an annual in-home training

Food Program benefits:

Child care providers receive money back for some of the food they buy as well as valuable information on nutrition, meal planning, and age-appropriate foods to serve children.

Children have an opportunity to create proper eating habits that lead to lifelong health. 

Parents have peace of mind, knowing that their children are getting the nutrition they need for appropriate development.

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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at:  https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
2. Fax: (833)256-1665 or (202)690-7442; or
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

 

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