CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM
The Child Care Food Program
The Child Care Food Program provides meal reimbursements to enrolled licensed family child care providers who are providing nutritious, well-balanced meals to the children in their care. Programs are operated in Hernando, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties. Family Resources has supported child care providers in our area for several years and continues to look for more opportunities to keep young kids healthy.Why Participate in the Child Care Food Program?
Well-nourished children are healthier, more attentive, and perform better mentally. Through the Child Care Food Program, kids learn healthy eating best practices that they can use throughout their lives. This ensures healthy growth and reduces obesity risk while introducing kids to foods they otherwise wouldn’t try. Kids who participate in the Child Care Food Program have healthier meals than kids who bring food from home, which means they can develop a love of healthy eating at an early age. This program lays the foundation for a healthy lifestyle that stays with kids long after kids leave daycare. The CCFP also provides meals for kids who otherwise wouldn’t have them, allowing kids to develop physically and mentally at an early age.Learn More About The Child Care Food Program
The CCFP was developed with the help of the Florida Department of Health. Visit their website to see if your child care facility qualifies for reimbursement and learn about the health guidelines required to participate in this program. The Florida Department of Health provides toolkits and rules for what constitutes a healthy meal for kids, how child care providers can keep records of what they serve and when, and which kids qualify for these meals. Their website has dedicated fact sheets and even sample menus of what to serve. The CCFP also has two related programs, the Afterschool Meals Program and the Homeless Children Nutrition Program to help kids in our area find healthy meal options when they otherwise would have none.Child Care Provider Forms
Below are links to the various forms related to this program. Provider Data Sheet Child Care Enrollment Medical Statement for Meal Modifications Approved Formula List Building For The Future Provider Direct Deposit Form Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Infant Feeding Form Justice For All Poster Milk Substitutions 2023 Standard Infant Menu Sources of Vitamins A and C WIC Approved Cereal List 2023 WIC Flyer 2023 MENUS July Menus
The Child Care Food Program Through Family Resources
Family Resources is one of the top participants in the Child Care Food Program in our area. In 2019, our CCFP reimbursed 340 in-home daycare providers each month. We served 941,462 healthy meals to kids in our community.
If you are interested in participating in the Child Care Food Program for your children or licensed child care provider, call 727.521.5232 for more information.
If you are a parent or community member who cares about the nutrition of our youth, visit our Volunteer page to learn how you can support Family Resources as we work to provide healthy meals
to kids in our area.
134 youth attended our Youth Enrichment Programs in St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park. Your donations make this after-school program and other important programs possible.
Family Resources, Inc 5180 62nd Avenue North | Pinellas Park, FL 33781 (727) 521-5200