Nutrition
Understanding that the brain development takes place during the early toddler years and continues to grow through preschool, nutrition plays is vitally role in a child’s healthy, growth, and development. Therefore, partnering with the USDA: Food and Nutrition Services and participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) we are moving one step closer to ensuring that we are doing our part in helping with the healthy nutritional growth of our children.
Children’s Center of Mercer County stives to help your child meet their daily nutritional needs. We offer healthy meals, snacks, and 1% milk to all our children as a part of our participation in the CACFP Program. We train our staff on how follow USDA serving, portion size guidelines, cleaning and sanitation standards, and maintain accurate records. We provide families with information and guidelines for participation.
The CACFP provides reimbursement for healthy meals and snacks served to children enrolled at CCMC. Please be sure to complete the Meal Benefit Income Eligibility and Enrollment forms. This helps the program get reimbursed for a portion of the meals your child receives.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with Federal Civil Rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Civil Rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior credible activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs).
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: Filing a Program Complaint as a USDA Customer webpage, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 Complaint form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
1. Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email: program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
