Cacfp sponsor admin

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Arizona Department of Education $2,486,276 in formula grant funding on October 1, 2025, to administer the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.558) in Arizona. The award supports CACFP sponsoring organization administration, meal and snack reimbursements for eligible children and adults enrolled in participating child care centers, day care homes, and afterschool care programs in low-income areas, and emergency shelter programs, with period of performance through September 30, 2027. Place of performance is Arizona.

The Arizona Department of Education passed funding through sub-awards to multiple CACFP administering organizations effective July 1, 2026, including Comite De Bien Estar, Inc., a San Luis–based nonprofit focused on affordable housing and community economic development; Nutrition & Health Education Resources Nher Division, a tax-exempt nonprofit specializing in nutrition program administration; and Child & Family Resources Inc., a Tucson-based nonprofit providing youth development and community-based educational initiatives. Four additional sub-award recipients receiving CACFP administration funding were not individually named in the source.