CNP CIL child and adult care

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $207,326 to Education & Early Development Alaska DEP on October 1, 2025, under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP, CFDA 10.558), a formula grant supporting 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 across Alaska through September 30, 2026.

Education & Early Development Alaska DEP's Administrative Services Division, the state administering agency for CACFP, distributes federal reimbursements through sub-awards to participating child care facilities and tribal organizations. The prime recipient passes CACFP funding to dozens of sub-recipients including child care centers, school districts, tribal councils, Head Start providers, and food service organizations across Alaska. Sub-recipients named in this award's distribution include 673 FSS FSR (Elmendorf Air Force Base family services), Chugachmiut, Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Kawerak Inc., Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Metlakatla Indian Community, Family Centered Services of Alaska, Play'n Learn Center, Kids' Corps, CCS Early Learning, Cook Inlet Native Head Start, Anchorage School District, Petersburg Children's Center, Rising Star Child Care, Nlps Inc., Little Dipper Learning Center, Mouse Trap Playschool, Hillcrest Children's Center, Joy Child Development Center, Imagination LLC, Little Peoples Learning World, Food Bank of Alaska, Petersburg School District, Alaska Gateway School District, Bristol Bay Borough School District, Matanuska Susitna Borough School District, Boys & Girls Club of the Kenai Peninsula, Fairbanks Native Association, and Rural Alaska Community Action Program. Sub-awards fund child and adult care food program meals, cash-in-lieu reimbursements, and sponsor administration expenses flowing through Alaska DEP to support on-base military family services, rural tribal early childhood nutrition, school breakfast and lunch programs, Head Start meal support, and emergency food assistance across the state. Place of performance is Alaska.