Chicopee Child Development Center, Inc.

Chicopee Child Development Center, Inc. is a minority-owned, non-profit educational institution that provides child care, early education, after school programs, and food services to low income and at-risk families through state and federal grants. The organization serves as a subrecipient on federal child nutrition grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), administered through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. These grants reimburse Chicopee Child Development Center for providing breakfast, lunch, snacks and supper to children enrolled in its childcare and afterschool programs. Additionally, Chicopee Child Development Center receives subsidy payments from the state's child care financial assistance program to make childcare more affordable for low and moderate income families.

Over the past three years, Chicopee Child Development Center has been the subrecipient on 21 federal grant subawards funded through USDA's National School Lunch Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program. As a subrecipient, Chicopee Child Development Center provides nutritious meals and snacks to children and youth enrolled in its child development center. The organization also receives reimbursements for meals provided during afterschool programming and summer meal programs serving low-income school districts. The prime recipients for these federal grants are the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, which administer federal child nutrition programs at the state level. Additionally, Chicopee Child Development Center has received 3 subawards over the past three years from the state's child care financial assistance program, which is funded by the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) federal grant program.