Congress Approves Extension of CACFP to For-Profit Organizations

November 26, 2001 Congress Approves Extension of CACFP to For-Profit Organizations In November 2001, the United States House and Senate approved the final Agricultural Appropriations bill, which includes a provision that extends the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to for-profit organizations for an additional year. This language allows for-profit child care centers to participate in CACFP if at least 25 percent of the children they serve are low-income.  Congress established the Child Care Food Program in 1968 to improve the health of children in child care centers both by improving the nutritional quality of . . .