We help you maintain healthy mealtimes and budgets
Early care and learning programs have a unique opportunity to provide healthy foods in a positive mealtime environment, impacting children’s current and future health and well-being.
Our Child Care Food Program assists home- and center-based child care programs by providing supplemental funding, nutrition knowledge, and resources to improve the quality of your food program.
We can save you money
Often one of the largest expenses in a child care business’ budget is its monthly food costs. As a sponsored member of our Child Care Food Program, you will receive a monthly reimbursement check to help cover meal and snack expenses. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sets the annual rate of reimbursement (per meal and/or snack served), and these checks can be deposited directly into your account each month.
Through the Child Care Food Program, licensed or exempt child care programs and family child care learning home providers could receive hundreds of dollars each year per child (from lower-income families) who were served breakfast, lunch, and snack.
We can save you time
Beyond helping you save money and increasing the quality of your food program, working with us as your Child Care Food Program sponsor provides these benefits too!
Program benefits
You will receive technical and administrative support from our consultants to ensure compliance and streamline practices.
Our robust menu of free training on a variety of topics including picky eating, food allergies, and healthy eating on a budget are available on-demand and in-person throughout the year.
Need help planning your menu? You got it! Our friendly and professional staff are available during business hours to help you with little and big questions, including those about menu planning.
We use KidKare, an online software solution, to help make your reimbursement claiming simple and fast.
“I really enjoy being a part of QCC’s Child Care Food Program. Every season we try their nutritionist-planned recipes, and they actually help me with maintaining a balanced menu. Currently, I receive about 97% reimbursement for food costs. That’s terrific!”