How should organizations operating afterschool care programs that want to participate through the CACFP obtain free and reduced-price school enrollment data?
These organizations should contact the State agency that administers CACFP. The State agency receives free and reduced- price enrollment data on an annual basis for purposes of administering the family day care home component of CACFP. Section 210.19(f) of the NSLP regulations requires each State agency that administers the NSLP to annually provide to the CACFP State agency a list of all elementary schools in the State in which 50 percent or more of the enrolled children have been determined eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For middle school and high school data, we recommend that the CACFP State agency coordinate with the NSLP State agency to obtain a list of eligible schools. If that information is not available at the State level, then organizations should go directly to the appropriate school district or private nonprofit school.
