First Choice
Support Services, Inc.
Support Services, Inc.
ABOUT US
ABOUT FIRST CHOICE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC.
What is First Choice Support Services, Inc.?
First Choice Support Services, Inc. is a sponsor of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). We help child care homes serve well-balanced and nutritious meals, which can improve and maintain the health of children.
We are a non-profit organization, federally funded by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered by Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE). Our agency reimburses child care providers for the meals and snacks served. Your reimbursement rate
will depend on your Tier status. CACFP helps child care homes serve nutritious meals and snacks.
We service the entire state of Kansas!
First Choice is Your First Choice CACFP or Child and Adult Care Food Program! Call Us!
What do we do?
First Choice Support Services, Inc. help licensed child care providers with the processing of the attendance, meal counts and menus. We offer three different types of ways to submit a claim.
1. Kid Kare for claiming FREE! (Online)
2. Our own easy forms, which we will provide after you become a client. (email based)
3. NCR 2-part manual forms (mail based)
What is CACFP?
CACFP is the Child and Adult Care Food Program, a Federal program that provides healthy meals and snacks to children and adults receiving child care. Each day more than 56,000 children participate in the CACFP in Kansas, Kn-eat. The program plays a vital role in improving the quality of child care.
What kinds of meals may be served?
Breakfast consists of a serving of milk, vegetable or fruit, meat or meat alternate and/or bread/grain. Lunch and Dinner consists of serving five different components:
milk, meat or meat alternate, vegetable, fruit, and a bread/grain. Snacks include two different servings of the five components: milk, meat or meat alternate, vegetable, fruit or bread/grain.
Who is eligible for CACFP?
Children until age 13. Certain categories of children under special circumstances may apply.
How does CACFP work?
CACFP reimburses participating licensed child care homes for serving nutritious meals. It is administered at the Federal level by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and at the State level by the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE).
A child care provider who is licensed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and operating the child care in a home is eligible to participate in the CACFP. There is no cost to a provider. All homes participate in the CACFP under a sponsoring organization. Sponsoring organizations play a critical role in supporting home child care providers through training, technical assistance, and monitoring.
Why is being a part of the CACFP important?
CACFP & First Choice Support Services, Inc. promote the philosophy that proper nutrition plays a vital role in the mental, physical, and emotional growth of children. A healthy child has a better chance of accomplishing the many tasks that confront him/her than an undernourished child.
Eating habits during childhood influence food choices for a lifetime. By providing education and financial assistance to child care homes, we are able to reach out to thousands of children and improve the quality of their meals & lives. We are child advocates inspired to improve nutrition in child care homes throughout Kansas in the lives of children.
How does it work?
All paperwork is completed daily by hand or online, which makes up your monthly claim. All claims are to be mailed or emailed into the office on the first working day of the month to be processed. Your reimbursement check will be mailed/deposited the day after we receive the federal funds from the state. It is that simple.
This Institution is an equal opportunity provider.