Dependent Care Management, Inc. has sponsored the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to home child care providers in Indiana since 1989. This USDA program provides cash reimbursement to help serve nutritious meals to participants enrolled in nonresidential child care centers, adult day care centers, and day care homes throughout the country. DCMI is a not-for-profit statewide sponsoring organization currently active in 35 Indiana counties. DCMI administers this program through the Indiana Department of Education, Division of School and Community Nutrition Programs.

DCMI recently partnered with the Food Research and Action Center, The Sponsor's Forum, the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, and the National Family Child Care Association in the "Take a Picture, Tell a Story" initiative. We would like to share our story with you to promote the value and significance of this integral nutrition program.

DCMI remains committed to the strong ethical approach it has operated under since its inception in 1989. We look to the new millennium with a proactive vision to get involved, tell our story, and make a difference by promoting, perfecting, and protecting the ideals of high quality meal service and nutrition training.

DCMI offers all providers the following:

• Monetary reimbursement for creditable meals served.
  
• CACFP resource handbook.
  
• Comprehensive home study courses in nutrition education, nutrition meal pattern, sanitation, and record keeping.
  
• Training and technical assistance.
  
• "Food for Thought" quarterly newsletter.
  
• Statewide resource and referral network.
  
• Professional, caring staff sensitive to provider's concerns.
  
• Toll free 800 number for provider questions and technical assistance.
  
• "How to Start Your Own Day Care" and "Marketing Your Day Care Home" brochures.
  
• Calendar and record keeping packet.
  

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• DCMI Master Menu
  
• Monthly Meal Count
  
• Mandatory Enrollment Roster
  
• Enrollment Form
  
• Daily Participation
  
• Master Menu Form
  
• Infant Menu Form
  
• Infant Formula Letter
  

In accordance with Federal Law and US Department of Agriculture policy, Dependent Care Management, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Dependent Care Management, Inc. is an equal opportunity sponsor and employer.