Cacfp sponsor admin

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $2.537 million to the Department of Education Indiana on October 1, 2025, under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.558), a formula grant providing reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults enrolled in participating child care centers, day care homes, and afterschool care programs in low-income areas. The award runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Indiana.

The Department of Education Indiana, the state administering agency, receives and passes through funding to sub-recipients operating child care facilities and early childhood education support organizations across Indiana. Named sub-recipients include Professional Child Care Association Of Southwestern Indiana Inc. (Evansville), Early Childhood Alliance Inc. (Fort Wayne), Community Coordinated Child Care Of Southern Indiana Inc. operating as Building Blocks (Evansville), Chances And Services For Youth Inc., and Little Buns Inc 2 (Chicago). The source documents monthly sub-award allocations to these organizations running from October 2025 through July 2026, reflecting recurring pass-through distributions tied to CACFP administration and meal reimbursement cycles. The source does not specify individual sub-recipient allocation amounts or detail the particular facilities, participant counts, or meal service operations funded by each allocation, only that awards are designated as grant allocations to subrecipient.