From Carousel Play and Learn Center

2024-2025 FOR NONPRICING CACFP ORGANIZATIONS

Carousel Play & Learn Center today announced sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the policy for meals for enrolled children. Meals will be available to all enrolled children without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Listed below are the USDA income eligibility guidelines which are effective July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025. Children from households whose income is at or below the levels shown may be eligible for free or reduced-price meals or snacks.

Household Size	Reduced Price Meals – 185%						Free Meals – 130%
	Annual	Monthly	Twice Per Month	Every Two Weeks	Weekly		Annual	Monthly	Twice Per Month	Every Two Weeks	Weekly
1	27,861	2,322	1,161	1,072	536		19,578	1,632	816	753	377
2	37,814	3,152	1,576	1,455	728		26,572	2,215	1,108	1,022	511
3	47,767	3,981	1,991	1,838	919		33,566	2,798	1,399	1,291	646
4	57,720	4,810	2,405	2,220	1,110		40,560	3,380	1,690	1,560	780
5	67,673	5,640	2,820	2,603	1,302		47,554	3,963	1,982	1,829	915
6	77,626	6,469	3,235	2,986	1,493		54,548	4,546	2,273	2,098	1,049
7	87,579	7,299	3,650	3,369	1,685		61,542	5,129	2,565	2,367	1,184
8	97,532	8,128	4,064	3,752	1,875		68,536	5,712	2,856	2,635	1,318
For each additional person, add	9,953	830	415	383	192		6,994	583	292	269	135

Participants who are members of households receiving TANF or SNAP benefits, are head start participants, or are foster children are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits.

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
   program.intake@usda.gov

 This institution is an equal opportunity provider.