Cacfp sponsor admin

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $431,948 to the Utah State Board of Education on October 1, 2025, under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.558) to support sponsor administration activities. The award funds administration of CACFP, which provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults in participating child care centers, day care homes, and afterschool care programs, with performance through September 30, 2026, in Utah.

The Utah State Board of Education passes funding to multiple sub-recipients that manage and deliver CACFP sponsor administration services. Sub-recipients include Helping Hands Inc., Child Management Associates Inc., Alliance For Children Inc., and Utah State University. These organizations provide meals, cash-in-lieu payments, sponsor administration, auditing, monitoring, training, and technical assistance to child and adult day care facilities and CACFP sponsors across the state. Sub-awards to these organizations span from November 2025 through June 2026, with activity concentrated in fiscal year 2026 sponsor administration (26SPAD).