RIDE Announces Child-Care and Adult Care Food Program Applications Are Available

Published on Monday, September 18, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced that it is accepting applications from public and private institutions that would like to participate in the federally funded Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Child-care centers, adult day-care centers, day care homes, schools and emergency shelters may participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which currently provides nutritious meals to participants daily at hundreds of locations statewide through over 80 locally sponsored programs.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture funds the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The federal funds allow the centers to provide nutritious meals and snacks at no separate charge to infants, young children, and adults receiving services as well as to infants and children living in emergency shelters.

Sponsoring institutions serve meals at no separate charge to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age.

RIDE reimburses programs for each meal served, according to predetermined Department of Agriculture reimbursement rates based on the income levels of the families that the programs serve. RIDE will use the following income guidelines to determine funding through June 30, 2024:

 

FREE MEALS REDUCED-PRICE MEALS
Number in Family

Annual Gross Income

Monthly Gross Income

Biweekly Gross Income

Weekly Gross Income

Annual Gross Income

Monthly Gross Income

Biweekly Gross Income

Weekly Gross Income

1

18,954 

1,580 

729 

365 

26,973 

2,248 

1,038 

519 

2

25,636 

2,137 

986 

493 

36,482 

3,041 

1,404 

702 

3

32,318 

2,694 

1,243 

622 

45,991 

3,833 

1,769 

885 

4

39,000 

3,250 

1,500 

750 

55,500 

4,625 

2,135 

1,068 

5

45,682 

3,807 

1,757 

879 

65,009 

5,418 

2,501 

1,251 

6

52,364 

4,364 

2,014 

1,007 

74,518 

6,210 

2,867 

1,434 

7

59,046 

4,921 

2,271 

1,136 

84,027 

7,003 

3,232 

1,616 

8

65,728 

5,478 

2,528 

1,264 

93,536 

7,795 

3,598 

1,799 

Each Add’l Family Member

+6,682 

+557 

+257 

+129 

+$9,509 

+$793 

+$366 

+$183 

Child and Adult Care Food Program applications and a list of local participating agencies are available from the RIDE Office of Statewide Efficiencies, Shepard Building, 255 Westminster Street, Providence, R.I. 02903-3400.

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