Guidelines and Eligibility

Guidelines:

 -  You must be 18 years of age and healthy
-  Meet the standards established by the DHHR in your area and the Child Care Food Program
-  Plan, prepare, and serve meals and snacks that meet USDA guidelines.
-  Keep written menus of meals and snacks
-  Keep written attendance records and daily meal meal count records

Eligible Children:

For children from infancy to 13 years of age

You can claim 2 meals and 1 snack, or 2 snacks & 1 meal per child per day
Claim your own child if you qualify

DHHR License:

To participate in this program, you must have some form of license obtained from your local DHHR.

Find a program that works for you:
- facility day care (12 children)
- home day care (6 children)
- informal day care (3 children) self-certify
- relative only care (6 children) self-certify

ELIGIBILITY OF CHILDREN:

Eligibility of School Age Children: 

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CLAIM BREAKFAST OR LUNCH ON A SCHOOL DAY
You can claim meals served on sick, no school, or snow days but you MUST RECORD THE REASON ON YOUR CIF OR THAT MEAL WILL BE DISALLOWED.
All children 0-13 years of age may qualify.



Eligibility of Provider's Own Child:

If you fall within the guidelines of income eligibility or receive food stamps, you can claim reimbursement for your own children under the age of 13 who are present during the time you are caring for other children.

Provider’s own children, under the age of 6, must be counted in your quota of 6 children at all times.

ANY CHILD THAT RESIDES WITH YOU FOR MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS MUST BE  CLAIMED AS A PROVIDERS CHILD with written documentation explaining how long the child will be claimed as a providers child.