CACFP Child Centers: Meal Reimbursement Claims for Texas Program Year 2025-2026

Monthly meal reimbursement claims for sites participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program as child centers during the 2025-2026 program year. The dataset includes claims for Child Care Centers, At-Risk centers, Head Start sites, Outside School Hours sites, and Emergency Shelters. Each record details meals served and reimbursement amounts for a single site and sub-program.

Use Cases

• Tracking program expenditure by region using `TDARegion`, `CECounty`, and `TotalReimbursement`.
• Analyzing meal service patterns by meal type using columns like `BreakfastServedFree`, `LunchServedPaid`, and `SupperADP`.
• Monitoring site participation and program types across Texas using `SiteName`, `Program`, and `TypeOfAgency`.
• Auditing claims for specific reimbursement categories using `AMSnackReimbursement`, `SupperReimbursement`, and `NTSnackReimbursement`.
• Assessing program reach by site affiliation using `SiteAffiliation` and `ESC`.

Strengths

• Covers a specific and complete program year (2025-2026), providing a bounded temporal scope.
• Includes granular data at the site-month-sub-program level, enabling detailed analysis.
• Is hosted on multiple government data platforms (Socrata, Data.gov), indicating official status and broad availability.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, license, and author are missing from all sources.
• The dataset is limited to child centers and excludes other CACFP participant types like Day Care Homes and Adult Day Care Centers.
• The 'last updated' dates conflict between sources (2026-05-28 vs. 2026-03-25), creating uncertainty about freshness.

Provenance

Source

Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), inferred from data.texas.gov domain and program context.

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative claims data submitted by CACFP sites for reimbursement.

Time Range

Program Year 2025-2026 (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026).

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict: 2026-05-28 (Socrata) and 2026-03-25 (Data.gov).

Geography

State of Texas, United States.