New York State Department of Health Promotes Child and Adult Care Food Program
Department Receives More Than $260 Million to Support Healthy Meal Assistance Program
CACFP Provides Healthy Meals to Children and Adults in Day Care Settings Across the State
ALBANY, N.Y. (June 26, 2025) - The New York State Department of Health today announced it received more than $260 million in federal reimbursement funding to support the State's 2024 Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The Child and Adult Care Food Program is a nutrition education and meal reimbursement program helping providers serve nutritious and safely prepared meals and snacks to children and adults in day care settings. Reimbursement is based on qualifying meals and snacks served to enrolled participants.
"Nutrition is the foundation of good health," State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said. "Through the Child and Adult Care Food Program, thousands of families across New York receive access to nutritious meals, helping to build healthier futures. This funding plays a vital role in advancing our mission to promote health equity and ensure every New Yorker has the opportunity to live a healthy and full life."
Currently, 1275 sponsoring organizations representing 13,135 licensed or registered center based, or family day care sites participate in CACFP statewide. On average, day care providers serve approximately 408,000 meals to children and adults at CACFP-participating facilities in New York State each day.
Eligible programs include:
- Childcare centers, including Head Start centers and outside school hours programs serving children up to 12 years of age.
- Community-based adult day care centers that are approved by federal, state or local authorities to provide day care services to adults with disabilities.
- After-school programs providing educational or enrichment programming for children up to 19 years of age.
- Homeless shelters providing meals to children living with a parent or guardian; and
- Family day care programs including licensed, registered and legally exempt home-based caregivers serving children up to 12 years of age.
The level of support for free or reduced-price meals is based on household income as follows:
INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR CENTER-BASED CARE
(Effective July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2026)
| HOUSEHOLD SIZE | FREE MEALS | REDUCED-PRICE MEALS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | MONTH | WEEK | YEAR | MONTH | WEEK | |
| 1 | 20,345 | 1,696 | 392 | 28,953 | 2,413 | 557 |
| 2 | 27,495 | 2,292 | 529 | 39,128 | 3,261 | 753 |
| 3 | 34,645 | 2,888 | 667 | 49,303 | 4,109 | 949 |
| 4 | 41,795 | 3,483 | 804 | 59,478 | 4,957 | 1,144 |
| 5 | 48,945 | 4,079 | 942 | 69,653 | 5,805 | 1,340 |
| 6 | 56,095 | 4,675 | 1,079 | 79,828 | 6,653 | 1,536 |
| 7 | 63,245 | 5,271 | 1,217 | 90,003 | 7,501 | 1,731 |
| 8 | 70,395 | 5,867 | 1,354 | 100,178 | 8,349 | 1,927 |
| FOR EACH ADDITIONAL FAMILY MEMBER | +7,150 | +596 | +138 | +10,175 | +848 | +196 |
A list of the participating programs may be obtained at https://health.data.ny.gov/Health/Child-and-Adult-Care-Food-Program-Participation/dmn7-mpa8 or by calling the New York State Health Department (NYSDOH) at (800) 942-3858.
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:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
