CACFP Day Care Home Meal Reimbursement Claims

Program years 2021-2022 and 2025-2026 contain claims data for meal reimbursement submitted by sites participating as Day Care Homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The dataset includes detailed reimbursement amounts by meal type and tier, site identifiers, and claim dates. It is specific to Texas and was collected under USDA COVID-19 policy waivers.

Use Cases

• Tracking total reimbursement amounts by county using SiteCounty and CECounty columns.
• Analyzing reimbursement rates by meal type (e.g., lunch, snack) using columns like LunchReimbursement and AMSnackTotal.
• Monitoring claim submission activity over time using the ClaimDate column.
• Identifying participating sites and their licensing details using SiteName, SiteID, and LicenseNbr.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific program sub-type (Day Care Homes) within a major federal nutrition program.
• Covers multiple program years, with sources mentioning 2021-2022 and 2025-2026.
• Contains detailed financial breakdowns by meal type and reimbursement tier.

Limitations

• Key metadata conflicts: sources disagree on the program year covered (2021-2022 vs. 2025-2026).
• Critical metadata missing: row count, dataset size, license, and author are unknown across all sources.
• Limited to a single participant type (Day Care Homes) and geographic region (Texas).

Provenance

Source

Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), likely via the State of Texas Open Data Portal.

Collection Method

Administrative claims data submitted by CACFP-participating Day Care Homes for reimbursement.

Time Range

Program years 2021-2022 and 2025-2026 (conflict noted).

Freshness

Last updated dates vary: 2026-03-25 on two platforms and 2023-11-07 on another.

Geography

Texas, United States.