Family Day Care Sponsor's Manual: Child and Adult Care Food Program.

The Ohio Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides federal funding and federal food surplus to licensed providers of nonresidential child and adult day care for the purpose of serving nutritious meals and snacks to day care center participants. This manual serves as a provider's guide to addressing management issues for the CACFP. Following an introduction to important program concepts and a program overview, the manual consists of nine chapters which detail the federal and state regulations, policies, and guidelines for each of the following program areas: (1) sponsor applications, terminations, and appeals; (2) financial management policies and guidelines; (3) personnel management; (4) CACFP participation; (5) provider recruitment, training, and support; (6) provider monitoring and operating procedures; (7) payment withholding, suspension, termination, and appeal; (8) civil rights compliance; and (9) visits, reviews, and audits. The manual also contains 16 charts which provide information on indirect program costs; positions descriptions and staffing patterns; pay scales; family day care in Ohio; required forms; eligibility issues; types of program reviews; and rates of reimbursement. (SD)