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

<b>About the Dataset</b><br>
This dataset contains <b>contact and program participation information for Day Care Home (DCH) providers approved to operate under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) during program year 2017-2018.</b> Contracting Entity (CE) sponsors can participate in more than one CACFP program. The CACFP program year begins October 1 and ends September 30.<p>

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

<i>Dataset content and column order have been updated starting with program year 2018-2019 forward. Older program year datasets will retain original content and organization. </i><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>

An overview of <b>all TDA Food and Nutrition data available</b> on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our <b><a href=https://data.texas.gov/stories/s/TDA-Data-Overview-Food-and-Nutrition-Programs-Open/nk79-w2cs/ target="_blank">TDA Data Overview - Food and Nutrition Open Data</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=http://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 Programs (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>

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

<b>关于数据集</b><br>本数据集收录了2017-2018年度在儿童与成人营养关怀食品计划（CACFP）下获准运营的日托之家（DCH）提供商的联系方式及项目参与信息。签约实体（CE）赞助商可参与多个CACFP项目。CACFP项目的年度从每年的10月1日开始至次年的9月30日结束。<p>本数据集仅包含参与CACFP项目的德克萨斯州日托之家提供商的信息。<b>关于成人日托中心（ADC）、儿童看护中心（CCC）、风险课后中心（At-Risk）、头开始中心、紧急庇护所以及在校外时间段为学生提供照顾的中心的数据，请参阅德克萨斯州开放数据门户上的“儿童与成人营养关怀食品计划（CACFP）- 中心 - 联系及项目参与”数据集。</b><p><i>从2018-2019年度开始，数据集的内容和列顺序已更新。较早年度的数据集将保留原始内容和组织结构。</i><p>德克萨斯州开放数据门户上所有可用的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 - 儿童与成人营养关怀食品计划</a></b>页面找到。<p>德克萨斯州开放数据门户上所有可用的TDA食品与营养数据的概览可在我们的<b><a href="https://data.texas.gov/stories/s/TDA-Data-Overview-Food-and-Nutrition-Programs-Open/nk79-w2cs/" target="_blank">TDA数据概览 - 食品与营养开放数据</a></b>页面找到。<p><b>关于在德克萨斯州开放数据门户上访问和使用TDA数据</b>的更多信息，可在SquareMeals.org网站上的<b><a href="http://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>TDA旨在在活跃年度的12月15日之前发布新的年度数据。更新将每季度进行一次，并在项目年度结束后90天结束。在活跃更新期间发布的数据可能会发生变化。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管理着12个在德克萨斯州的美国农业部营养计划，包括国家学校午餐和早餐计划、儿童与成人营养关怀食品计划（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支持和培训资源，并监督他们收到的美国农业部补贴，以覆盖其设施提供餐饮部分成本。通过确保这些合作伙伴提供营养餐食和零食，该部门秉持其使命——<i>滋养饥民，促进健康生活方式。</i><p><i>关于这些计划的更多信息，请访问我们的<a href="http://www.SquareMeals.org" target="_blank">SquareMeal.org网站</a>。</i>