Residential Care and Military Personnel
	
	
	
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				Management Bulletin
			 
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				To:                       
				Child and Adult Care Food Program Sponsors
			 
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				Number:                       
				02-216
			 
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				Attention: 
				Food                       Program Director
			 
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				Date:                       
				June 2002
			 
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				Subject: 
				Residential                       Care and Military Personnel
			 
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				Reference: 
				United                       States Department of Agriculture CACFP Policy Memo 01-26                       and Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletin 01-216                       (November 2001)
			 
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This Management Bulletin (MB) provides information regarding                 a change in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy                 regarding claiming meals in family day care homes with children                 of military personnel. As explained in MB 01-216, a day care home                 provider may generally only claim meals served to enrolled children                 who do not reside in the provider's home. Previously, only temporary,                 overnight placement, due to an emergency situation, was allowed                 for a maximum of three days.
In light of current national events, USDA has revised the three-day                 maximum as it applies to military personnel. Currently, a child                 placed in a day care home by a military parent may be claimed                 for meal reimbursement as a nonresidential program participant                 for as long as the child is with the provider if the following                 conditions are met:
	- The child is a dependent of a military parent who has been                   deployed from a normal duty station as a result of the current                   national situation; and                 
 
	- The provider has legal power of attorney or custody of the                   child or an agreement has been established by the military to                   provide residential care to the child. 
 
Questions: CACFPinfo@dss.ca.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Esta institución es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.