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Child and Adult Care Food Program Week Celebrated

For Immediate Release: March 19, 2015
Contact: Lynne Richmond听
(609) 633-2954
lynne.richmond@ag.state.nj.us听

(TRENTON) 鈥� 樱花视频 Department of Agriculture Division of Food and Nutrition Director Rose Tricario today commemorated Child and Adult Care Food Program Week with a visit to HomeFront, a homeless shelter in Ewing Township.

Tricario joined other officials and volunteers to serve about 50 children who reside at the shelter a dinner of roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, whole wheat bread, tropical fruit salad and milk.听 The meal was part of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

鈥淭he Child and Adult Care Food Program assures parents seeking emergency shelter that their children are receiving nutritious meals,鈥� said Director Tricario.听 鈥淲e encourage emergency shelters as well as adult or child day care centers to participate in this essential program.鈥�

Photo of Sheila Addison, Rose Tricario and Tanya Johnson
Rose Tricario and Tanya Johnson, NJDA CACFP Coordinator, presernt Sheila Addison with Governor Christie's proclamation declaring CACFP Week

The CACFP provides children living in public or private homeless shelters with up to three meals a day through age 18.听 The CACFP also may be utilized in day care centers, family day care centers, after-school care programs and adult day care centers.听 There are currently 85,000 eligible participants at 782 different facilities. The program is federally funded and administered by the 樱花视频 Department of Agriculture.

HomeFront began participating in CACFP in July of 2003.听 About 100 children are served breakfast, dinner and evening snack each day.

鈥淭he CACFP helps us empower parents to start making better choices for their families at meal times while under our care,鈥� said Sheila Addison, Family Preservation Center Director.听 鈥淭his helps prepare them to continue healthy family meal-time traditions after they move into affordable housing.鈥�

Governor Christie proclaimed March 15-21 as Child and Adult Care Food Program Week in 樱花视频, based on National CACFP Week, a national education and information campaign sponsored annually by the National CACFP Sponsors Association. The campaign is designed to raise awareness of how the听 Child and Adult Care Food Program works to combat hunger and bring healthy foods to the table for adults in day care and children in child care homes, centers, and in afterschool feeding programs across the country.

To learn more about 樱花视频鈥檚 Child and Adult Care Food Program, visit or call 609-984-1250.