Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP) – Centers – Site-Level Contact and Program Participation – Program Year 2017-2018

<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 2017-2018 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>本数据集收录了2017-2018项目年度内，由德克萨斯州农业部门批准作为餐食供应点的所有儿童及成人照护中心的联系和项目参与信息。这些照护中心包括成人日托中心（ADC）、儿童照护中心（CCC）、有风险课后中心（At-Risk）、学前教育中心、紧急避难所以及为校外时间提供照护的中心。这些中心可以参与一个或多个CACFP子项目。CACFP项目年度自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的德克萨斯州日托家庭（DCH）的数据，请参阅位于德克萨斯州开放数据门户的“儿童及成人照护食品计划（CACFP）- 日托家庭 - 联系和项目参与”数据集。</b><p>德克萨斯州开放数据门户上所有可用的CACFP数据概览，可在我们的<b><a href="https://data.texas.gov/stories/s/iekx-7mdi" target="_blank">TDA数据概览 - 儿童及成人照护食品计划</a></b>页面找到。<p><b>关于访问和使用德克萨斯州开放数据门户上TDA数据的更多信息</b>，可在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>页面找到。<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日前发布新的年度数据。更新将按季度进行，并在项目年度结束后90天结束。在活跃更新期间发布的任何数据均可能发生变化。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项美国农业部营养项目，包括国家学校午餐和早餐计划、儿童及成人照护食品计划（CACFP）以及夏季餐食计划。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，并监管他们获得的美国农业部补贴，以覆盖其设施提供餐饮的部分成本。通过确保这些合作伙伴提供营养餐食和零食，该部门遵循其使命——<i>喂饱饥饿之人，促进健康生活方式。</i><p><b>有关这些项目的更多信息，请访问我们的<a href="http://www.SquareMeals.org" target="_blank">网站</a>。</b>