https://bizopsplaybook.com/tags/cacfp/Recent content in Cacfp on bizOpsPlaybook — Practical Business Plans for Solo EntrepreneursHugoen-usWed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bizopsplaybook.com/blog/daycare-cacfp-food-program-2026/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bizopsplaybook.com/blog/daycare-cacfp-food-program-2026/<p><img src="https://bizopsplaybook.com/img/blog/daycare-cacfp-food-program-2026.jpg" alt="Three young children in caps playing with toy trucks in a wooden sandbox at an outdoor daycare playground surrounded by trees"></p> <p>You&rsquo;re already buying the food. You&rsquo;re already serving breakfast, lunch, and a snack to kids who show up hungry. <strong>The USDA&rsquo;s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) will pay you back a fixed amount for many of those meals — money you&rsquo;d otherwise never see for work you&rsquo;re already doing.</strong> For most daycares, that&rsquo;s found revenue. The catch is the paperwork, and whether the reimbursement clears the cost of it.</p>