CNP CIL child and adult care

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $1.080178 million to the West Virginia Department of Education on October 1, 2025, under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.558) to provide cash-in-lieu reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults enrolled in participating child care facilities and adult day care centers throughout West Virginia through September 30, 2026.

The West Virginia Department of Education, registered as the Superintendent of Schools, administers the award and distributes funding to child care centers, day care homes, Head Start programs, preschools, and community action agencies across the state. Sub-recipients include Marvel Center, Inc.; Mountainheart Community Services, Inc.; Branches-Domestic Violence Shelter of Huntington W. VA Inc.; Bradford Child Care Services, Inc. (operating as Apple Tree Childrens Center); Step By Step, Inc.; Concord University Research and Development Corp; Mountain Cap of West Virginia Inc. (A CDC); Playmates Pre-School and Child-Care Centers, Inc.; Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc.; Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc. (operating as Head Start); Kiwanis Day Nursery, Inc.; Community Resources Inc.; Task Force On Domestic Violence ("Hope, Inc."); Northern Panhandle Head Start, Inc.; Coalfield Community Action Partnership, Inc.; Nicholas County Empowerment Corporation; Patch 21; West Virginia University; Fifth Avenue Baptist Nursery and Preschool; Winfield Child Development Center; Community Action South Eastern West Virginia Inc. (operating as Case of West Virginia); Ebenezer Community Outreach; Friends-R-Fun Child Development Center, Inc.; Family Crisis Intervention CEN; and Little Eagle Child Care Center, Inc. These sub-recipients deliver Child and Adult Care Food Program cash-in-lieu reimbursements to eligible institutions and participating child care facilities, with sub-awards issued between August 5 and August 27, 2026.