Texas Day Care Home CACFP Applications from Program Years 2019 to 2025

Raw site-level application data for Day Care Home providers seeking participation in the Texas Child and Adult Care Food Program. The dataset covers seven program years from 2018-2019 to 2024-2025, regardless of final approval status. It originates from the Texas Department of Agriculture's TX-UNPS meal program database.

Use Cases

• Analyze application submission patterns and volumes across the seven program years (PY19-PY25) to identify trends.
• Assess the distribution of applicant provider types or characteristics described in the raw site-level data.
• Cross-reference this raw application data with final approved datasets to study the approval process dynamics.

Strengths

• Covers seven consecutive program years (PY19 to PY25) of application data.
• Contains raw, site-level details from the Texas Department of Agriculture's official TX-UNPS database.
• Includes applications regardless of approval status, providing a complete view of the intake process.

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and data size are unknown, limiting precise analytical planning.
• Data is described as raw application data, which may require significant cleaning and joining with other datasets for context.
• The relationship between 'sites' and individual Day Care Home providers may need clarification for accurate analysis.

Provenance

Source

Texas Department of Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Division, via the Texas Open Data Portal.

Collection Method

Extracted from the TX-UNPS meal program database.

Time Range

Program years 2018-2019 (PY19) to 2024-2025 (PY25).

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

Texas, United States.