Child Care Food Program with CSCDC

05/18/2021

Chickpeas are a great source of protein and fiber! For a quick side dish or snack, use one 12 oz can of chickpeas. Drain and dry them, then toss with 2 tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper, and your favorite seasonings. Roast the chickpeas on a baking sheet for 30-40 minutes at 450° F and enjoy!

03/01/2021

01/14/2021

What's your favorite fruit? 🍍

12/07/2020

What do you get out of using our Child Care Food Program other than a reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks served to your day care children in your home?
- The ability to continue serving nutritious meals and snacks despite rising food costs 🍎
- An increase of your earnings 💸
- Receiving individual help with menu planning and record-keeping 📋
- Access to Child Care Resources and Referral Services 💻
- Nutrition training and newsletters 📰
- Nutrition training packets for yourself 📁

If you would like to know more about the USDA Child Care Food Program, please contact us at 479-785-2303 or e-mail us at [email protected].

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As a licensed child care provider and professional, you are most likely continually seeking ways to improve the care you offer while keeping your rates reasonable and competitive. You should know about the program that will reimburse you for providing nutritious meals and snacks to day care children...

07/30/2020

House emergency bill that was introduced today includes Tier 1 reimbursement for ALL family child care providers on and expands eligibility for CACFP meals! https://bit.ly/2PbFSLu

Stay tuned for a call to action!

04/04/2020

Praying for our Child care workers! For the last few weeks, Early Childhood Educators across the country went to work where they interact with children of other essential workers who could be exposed to COVID-19. They will not be given face masks or protective clothing. They won't get free coffee, half price pizza or special shopping hours. They will perform their jobs in ways they have never done before and they will do it with a smile on their faces so that the children in their care don't know how scared they are; for their school family and scared of being responsible for taking the virus home to loved ones.

Thank you to all of our proud early childhood educators. You are essential! Thanks to you our amazing doctors, nurses and first responders have somewhere for their children to go as they work on the front lines of this pandemic. You too are heroes!

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appreciation for all Childcare Teachers & Support Staff continuing their duties at this time*

03/31/2020

Paycheck Protection Program

The $2 trillion coronavirus relief package signed into law last week, officially known as the CARES Act, includes nearly $350 billion for a federal small business loan program called the Paycheck Protection Program. If all employees are kept on payroll for eight weeks, the Small Business Administration (SBA) will forgive the portion of the loans used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities. Up to 100 percent of the loan may be forgivable; if you keep your staff employed through June 30, 2020. Check to see if you qualify and then contact your bank to see if it is an SBA-approved lender. If your bank is not an SBA-approved lender, contact the SBA to find one.

An SBA loan that helps businesses keep their workforce employed during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

03/17/2020

Are you worried about how COVID-19 will affect your family child care business? Join us on Monday, March 23 at 5 PM Pacific to learn from Tom Copeland about how to change your contracts and policies, unemployment benefits, insurance, and what you can do financially if you shut down temporarily.

This webinar is FREE and will only provide training certificates issued from NAFCC for those who attend the live webinar. If you can't attend the live webinar, make sure to register anyways and you will get emailed a link to view the recording.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8945015680744315403