Ohio Department of Education
Child and Adult Care
Food Program
Programs & Services
Income Eligibility Packet
(Instructions, Income Guidelines and Application)
The YMCA is proud to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The goal of this program is to increase the YMCA's ability to meet the nutritional needs of children in our care by getting reimbursed for meals and snacks that meet CACFP requirements. In addition, we promote understanding of the role of nutrition in the physical, mental and social health of children and help develop positive food attitudes and eating behaviors.
By receiving reimbursement for snacks and meals at participating sites, the YMCA is able to provide a more complete and nutritious snack or dinner to children in our child care programs. To participate in this program, the YMCA must meet the following nutritional guidelines:
| Meal | Food Components | Serving Size | |
| Lunch/Dinner | Fluid Milk 1 | 1 Cup | |
| Meat/Meat Alternative | 2 Ounces | ||
| Juice or Fruit or Vegetable 3 (2 servings) |
¾ Cup Total | ||
| Grains/Breads 2 | 2 Servings | ||
| Snack (any two items) |
Fluid Milk 1 | 1 Cup | |
| Juice or Fruit or Vegetable 4 |
¾ Cup | ||
| Meat/Meat Alternative | 1 Ounce | ||
| Grains/Breads 2 | 1 Serving | ||
The following YMCA sites proudly participate in the Child and Adult Food Program:
Serving a nutritious AM snack, Lunch, and PM snack:
The Hilltop Educare Center
The Early Learning Center
The St. Ann's Educare Center
Serving a nutritious dinner at:
Beatty Park Recreation Center
Fairwood Elementary Y-Club
Main Street Elementary Y-Club
Southwest Community Center after school program
Southwood@Reeb Elementary Y-Club
Valleyview Elementary Y-Club
Serving a nutritious snack in our
after school program at:
Easthaven Elementary Y-Club
Cherry Creek Y-Club
Kae Avenue Elementary Y-Club
North Branch Y-Club
St. Anthony's Y-Club
Harmon Elementary Y-Club
Hilltop YMCA Teen Program
North Franklin Elementary Y-Club
Mound Street Elementary Y-Club
While all of our Y-Club programs serve a nutritious snack in the afternoon, the YMCA is able to receive reimbursement for the sites above based on the demographic and economic information of the areas served and the families attending.
We truly value the opportunity to assist families in providing a nutritious snack or meal to the children in our programs and to be able to provide families with health, fitness and nutritional information that will help them build good health and eating habits early.
