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After completing last field, save document to hard drive to make future updates or click Print button.   \nChild and Adult Care Food Program  \nSPONSORING ORGANIZATION/PROVIDER PERMANENT AGREEMENT  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATION  \nIn accordance with Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) regulations, the sponsoring organization agrees to:  \n1. Comply with provisions of CACFP 7 CFR Part 226.  \n2. Provide all required administrative services, without cost to the provider and accept final administrative and financial responsibility  \n3. In the operation of the CACFP, no person will be discriminated against because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s, income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in any program or activity conducted or funded by the USDA.  \n4. Conduct and provide pre-approval training to each new day care home. This training includes explaining program benefits, verifying licensure and capacity, program duties, responsibilities and civil rights. Provide policies and procedures with a sponsor handbook and forms, to include enrollment forms.  \n5. Initially and annually, mandatory training of key staff (the provider, joint licensed provider and assistant, if applicable) regarding CACFP regulations including Program‘s meal patterns, meal counts, claims submission, review procedures, recordkeeping requirements; reimbursement process; and use of required forms, to include: enrollment forms, menus, meal attendance sheets, and income eligibility applications. Training must include the sponsor’s policies and written procedures. A sponsor must extend the time of monitoring reviews if training is to be during the day care home review.  \n6. Offer additional training, as needed, for a minimum of two hours. Training may be provided by various methods, such as conferences, group meetings, online training, self-paced curriculum, or one-on-one in-home training. Update the day care home of all CACFP policies and procedures through handbooks, newsletters, or letters.  \n7. Ensure the Building for the Future brochure is provided to all day care home providers and disseminated to parents and guardians of enrolled children.  \n8. Provide CACFP record keeping forms and necessary program information updates to each provider; e.g. , enrollment, menus, meal attendance, Household Eligibility Applications (HEAs), program policies and procedural handbooks.  \n9. Annually collect enrollment forms for all children enrolled for childcare in each day care home. This includes enrollment forms for the provider’s own children 12 years of age and younger.  \n10. Require day care home providers to submit their meal records by the   day of each month.  \n11. Determine which day care homes under its sponsorship are eligible as Tier I homes by school data or census data. The sponsoring organization, the Illinois State Board of Education, or USDA Food and Nutrition Service may change the determination if information becomes available indicating a provider is no longer Tier I eligible.  \n12. Distribute HEAs to providers who wish to be eligible for Tier I reimbursement and who wish to claim their own children in the CACFP.  \n13. Verify provider’s household income and other program eligibility benefits for all day care home providers applying for Tier I eligibility by HEA.  \n14. Inform Tier II providers of all their options for receiving reimbursement for meals served to enrolled children.  \n15. Upon request of a Tier II provider distribute, collect, and approve HEAs from parents of households for all children enrolled in the day care home and determine the eligibility of enrolled children for Tier I or Tier II reimbursement.  \n","cbCaiivg7fziP7dN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiivg7fziP7dN","pdf",191880,"English","# Rights and Responsibilities of the Sponsoring Organization\n## Administrative compliance and nondiscrimination\n## Training, recordkeeping, and required forms\n## Tier I/Tier II eligibility, claims, and reimbursement\n## Monitoring and review requirements","[{\"question\":\"What compliance requirements does the sponsoring organization agree to under CACFP?\",\"answer\":\"The sponsor agrees to comply with CACFP provisions in 7 CFR Part 226 and to provide required administrative services while maintaining final administrative and financial responsibility.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the sponsor handle training for new and existing day care homes?\",\"answer\":\"The sponsor must conduct pre-approval training for each new day care home and provide initial and annual mandatory training for key staff, with additional training available as needed for at least two hours.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the key rules for claims and reimbursement for Tier I and Tier II providers?\",\"answer\":\"The sponsor evaluates menus, attendance, and required records, reimburses allowable meals within five working days after receiving state agency reimbursement, and disallows claims when records are incomplete, inaccurate, or do not meet CACFP meal pattern and capacity rules.\"}]","Child and Adult Care Food Program - Sponsoring Organization/Provider Permanent Agreement - Rights and Responsibilities | PDF",1791603615]