Rescinding USDA Policy Memo Relating to ADC

This Management Bulletin (MB) provides updated guidance relating to the adult day care component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Congress issued guidance relating to adult day care immediately following the addition of the adult day care component to CACFP. Since that time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has incorporated much of the guidance into the CACFP regulations, thereby making the USDA memoranda obsolete. In addition, the USDA has changed some regulations related to adult day care agencies that are not reflected in previous guidance from USDA.

Background

The adult day care component of the CACFP was authorized by the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987 and codified in Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 226.19(a).

Rescinding U.S. Department of Agriculture Policies

The following memoranda are rescinded because they include guidance that the USDA has codified in regulation or instruction:

• Child Care Food Program Adult Day Care Provisions:
  • Operational Memorandum 1—Title III Meal Funding, March 15, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 4—Free and Reduced-Price Meal Eligibility, March 16, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 5—Meal Service, March 20, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 8—Center and Participant Eligibility, April 3, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 12—Title III Meal Funding, September 19, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 13—Procurement Standards, September 18, 1989        

• Policy Clarification on Adult Care Provisions: Free and Reduced-price Meal Eligibility, March 21, 1989

The following USDA memoranda are rescinded because they relate to provisions that are no longer applicable:

• Child Care Food Program Adult Day Care Provisions:
  • Operational Memorandum 6—Retroactive Reimbursement, March 03, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 7—Alternate Agencies, March 29, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 9—Participant Income Information for Retroactive Payment, April 07, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 10—Retroactive Payments to Charitable Institutions, September 18, 1989
  • Operational Memorandum 13—Procurement Standards, September 19, 1989

Additionally, USDA Child Care Food Program Adult Day Care Provisions Operational Memorandum 2—Participation of Institutionalized Adults, March 15, 1989 was superseded by Operational Memorandum 2, Revision 1—Institutionalized Adults, September 15, 1989:

The remaining previous USDA memoranda related to the adult day care component of CACFP were consolidated, updated, and clarified by the following two memoranda:

• Participant Eligibility in the Adult Day Care Component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, August 7, 2012
• Center Eligibility and Licensing/Approval in the Adult Day Care Component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, August 7, 2012

The CDE has issued USDA-CACFP-19-2012 and USDA-CACFP-22-2012 to address the guidance in the above two new USDA policy memos. These MBs may be viewed on the Child and Adult Care Food Programs Bulletins.

Additional Questions

If your agency has questions regarding this MB, please contact the CACFP specialist assigned to your agency. You will find a list of contact information for specialists on the Child and Adult Food Care Program Contact List or in the Download Forms section of the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System as Form ID CACFP 01. You may also contact the CACFP Office Technician by email at CACFPinfo@dss.ca.gov to be directed to your specialist.

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