Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP) – Centers – Site-Level Contact and Program Participation – Program Year 2015-2016

<b>About the Dataset</b><br>

This dataset contains contact and program participation information for all Texas child and adult care centers approved by the Texas Department of Agriculture to operate as a meal site under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) during the 2015-2016 program year. CACFP centers include Adult Day Care Centers (ADC), Child Care Centers (CCC), At-Risk Afterschool Centers (At-Risk), Head Start Centers, emergency shelters, and centers providing care for students outside school hours.</b> Sites can participate in one or more CACFP sub-programs. The CACFP program year begins October 1 and ends September 30.<p>

This dataset only includes information for CACFP centers. <b>For data on Texas Day Care Homes (DCH) participating in CACFP, please refer to the “Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP) – Day Care Homes – Contact and Program Participation” dataset, also on the State of Texas Open Data Portal.</b><p>

An overview of <b>all CACFP data available</b> on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our <b><a href=https://data.texas.gov/stories/s/iekx-7mdi target="_blank">TDA Data Overview - Child and Adult Care Food Programs</a></b> page.<p>

<b>More information about accessing and working with TDA data on the Texas Open Data Portal</b> can be found on the SquareMeals.org website on the <b><a href=https://squaremeals.org/FandNResources/PublicInformationRequests.aspx target="_blank">TDA Food and Nutrition Open Data</a> </b>page.<p>

<b>About Dataset Updates</b><br>
TDA aims to post new program year data by December 15 of the active program year. Updates will occur quarterly and end 90 days after the close of the program year. Any data posted during the active update period is subject to change. After 90 days from the close of the program year, the dataset will remain published but will no longer be updated.<p>

<b>About the Agency</b><br>
The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and summer meal programs. TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — <i>Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.</i><p>

<b>For more information on these programs, please visit our <a href=http://www.SquareMeals.org target="_blank">website</a>.</b>

<b>关于数据集</b><br>本数据集包含了2015-2016项目年度内，经得克萨斯州农业部门批准，在儿童与成人照顾食物计划（CACFP）下作为餐饮场所运营的所有德克萨斯州儿童和成人照顾中心的联系及项目参与信息。CACFP中心包括成人日间照料中心（ADC）、儿童照顾中心（CCC）、高风险课后中心（高风险）、Head Start中心、紧急避难所以及为校外时段提供照顾的中心。这些场所可以参与一个或多个CACFP子项目。CACFP项目年度从每年的10月1日开始，至次年的9月30日结束。<p>本数据集仅包含CACFP中心的信息。<b>有关参与CACFP的德克萨斯州日间照料家园（DCH）的数据，请参阅位于德克萨斯州开放数据门户的“儿童与成人照顾食物计划（CACFP）——日间照料家园——联系及项目参与”数据集。</b><p>德克萨斯州开放数据门户上可用的所有CACFP数据的概览可在我们的<b><a href="https://data.texas.gov/stories/s/iekx-7mdi" target="_blank">TDA数据概览 - 儿童与成人照顾食物计划</a></b>页面找到。<p><b>有关访问和使用德克萨斯州开放数据门户上的TDA数据的更多信息，请访问SquareMeals.org网站上的<b><a href="https://squaremeals.org/FandNResources/PublicInformationRequests.aspx" target="_blank">TDA食品与营养开放数据</a></b>页面。</b><p><b>关于数据集更新</b><br>德克萨斯州农业部门旨在在活跃项目年度的12月15日前发布新的项目年度数据。更新将每季度进行一次，并在项目年度结束后90天内结束。在活跃更新期间发布的数据可能发生变化。项目年度结束后90天，数据集将保持发布状态，但将不再更新。<p><b>关于机构</b><br>德克萨斯州农业部门在德克萨斯州管理12项美国农业部营养计划，包括国家学校午餐和早餐计划、儿童与成人照顾食物计划（CACFP）以及夏季餐饮计划。TDA的食品与营养部门为运营这些项目的合作伙伴提供技术援助和培训资源，并监管他们收到的美国农业部补助金，以覆盖在其设施中提供食物的部分成本。通过确保这些合作伙伴提供营养餐点和零食，该部门秉持其使命——<i>滋养饥民，促进健康生活方式。</i><p><b>有关这些计划的更多信息，请访问我们的<a href="http://www.SquareMeals.org" target="_blank">网站</a>。</b>