Cacfp sponsor admin

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction $2.357 million under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.558) on October 1, 2025, for the period ending September 30, 2027.

The award funds CACFP sponsor administration in Wisconsin. DPI, the state administering agency, enters into written agreements with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service and distributes federal funds for disbursement to participating child and adult care institutions, centers, and day care homes. The program provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults enrolled in participating nonresidential day care facilities, afterschool care programs in low-income areas, and children in emergency shelters, as well as expenses associated with state-level CACFP administration. State agencies must establish audit policy, provide hearing procedures for local institution grievances, and ensure participating institutions maintain full and accurate records for three years after the fiscal year to which they pertain.

DPI passes funding to dozens of sub-recipients delivering NSLP and CACFP services across Wisconsin. Named sub-recipients include school districts (Grantsburg, Gilman, Gilmanton, Seymour, Marshall, Elmbrook, Webster, Jefferson, Plymouth, Wonewoc-Center, Tomahawk, Juda, Kewaskum, Delavan-Darien, Cameron, Plum City, Hurley, Mosinee, Luxemburg-Casco, Cornell, Pittsville); child care centers and preschools (Jewish Beginnings Lubavitch Preschool, Grace Lutheran Child Care, ST Francis Solanus School, Aunti M'S Child Care Center / Just 4 Kids Head Start, Kiddie Garden CDC, Little Sprouts Discovery Center, Sand Box Day Care, Rising Stars Academy, ST Clare Child Care Center); nonprofits and community organizations (Hope House of Milwaukee, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, YWCA La Crosse, Neighborhood House of Milwaukee, Indianhead Community Action Agency, Boys & Girls Clubs of Fond du Lac, Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Wisconsin, A I M Now Incorporated, Academy of Excellence, YMCA of the Fox Cities, Sheboygan Human Rights Association, Next Door Foundation, Community Coordinated Child Care, Horizons Unlimited, Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council, Family & Child Learning Centers of Northeast Wisconsin / Operate Head Start, 4C-For Children, University of Wisconsin–Stout); and religious and other institutions (ST Joseph Academy, ST Pauls Lutheran Church & School, Trinity Lutheran Church, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Agnesian Healthcare).