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The '''Child and Adult Care Food Program''' ('''CACFP''') is a type of [[United States]] [[federal assistance]] provided by the [[Food and Nutrition Service]] (FNS) of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) to [[U.S. state|states]] in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for an estimated 3.3 million children and 120,000 elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults<ref name="USDA">[http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/child-and-adult-care-food-program Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)], Child and Adult Care Food Program Homepage, [[Food and Nutrition Service]], [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]</ref> in non-residential, day-care settings. It is a branch within the Policy and Program Development Division of the [[Child nutrition programs]], along with the School Programs Branch, which runs the [[National School Lunch Act|National School Lunch Program]].<ref name="OMB_CACFP">''Child and Adult Care Food Program'' (CFDA 10.558); [https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/omb/circulars/a133_compliance/06/06toc.html OMB Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement]; Part 4: Agency Program Requirements: Department of Housing and Urban Development, pg. 4-10.558-1</ref> The program is commonly referred to as the '''Child Care''', '''Child Care Food''', '''Adult Care''', or '''Adult Care Food''' Program, and is often operating in conjunction with other child and adult day-care programs, such as the [[Head Start Program|Head Start]]. Its federal identification number, or [[Federal assistance in the United States#Catalog_of_Federal_Domestic_Assistance#CFDA_number|CFDA number]], is 10.558.<ref name="OMB_CACFP" /> Section 17 of the [[National School Lunch Act]], and USDA issues the program regulations under 7 [[Code of Federal Regulations|CFR]] part 226.<ref name="FNS">[http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/why-cacfp-important], Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Why CACFP Is Important </ref> | The '''Child and Adult Care Food Program''' ('''CACFP''') is a type of [[United States]] [[federal assistance]] provided by the [[Food and Nutrition Service]] (FNS) of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) to [[U.S. state|states]] in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for an estimated 3.3 million children and 120,000 elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults<ref name="USDA">[http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/child-and-adult-care-food-program Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)], Child and Adult Care Food Program Homepage, [[Food and Nutrition Service]], [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]</ref> in non-residential, day-care settings. It is a branch within the Policy and Program Development Division of the [[Child nutrition programs]], along with the School Programs Branch, which runs the [[National School Lunch Act|National School Lunch Program]].<ref name="OMB_CACFP">''Child and Adult Care Food Program'' (CFDA 10.558); [https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/omb/circulars/a133_compliance/06/06toc.html OMB Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement]; Part 4: Agency Program Requirements: Department of Housing and Urban Development, pg. 4-10.558-1</ref> The program is commonly referred to as the '''Child Care''', '''Child Care Food''', '''Adult Care''', or '''Adult Care Food''' Program, and is often operating in conjunction with other child and adult day-care programs, such as the [[Head Start Program|Head Start]]. Its federal identification number, or [[Federal assistance in the United States#Catalog_of_Federal_Domestic_Assistance#CFDA_number|CFDA number]], is 10.558.<ref name="OMB_CACFP" /> Section 17 of the [[National School Lunch Act]], and USDA issues the program regulations under 7 [[Code of Federal Regulations|CFR]] part 226.<ref name="FNS">[http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/why-cacfp-important], Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Why CACFP Is Important </ref> | ||