NCA Board and President Vicki Lipscomb attend the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference in DC and visit Congress to rally support for the CACFP.

AUSTIN, TX, USA, March 1, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Sometimes, to get your message across you have to make a trip to Washington, DC. For years, the National CACFP Sponsors Association (NCA) board of directors has headed to DC each February as part of the CACFP Leadership Conference to shine a light on the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The CACFP is an important and vital program which allows access to healthy foods for our most vulnerable population – preschool children, at-risk afterschool students, elderly, and disabled adults.

This year, with the Child Nutrition Reauthorization legislation in the house and senate, awareness of the CACFP on Capitol Hill is more critical than ever! NCA represents thousands of people who work tirelessly to combat hunger and bring healthy foods to the table for adults in day care and children in child care homes, centers, and in afterschool and summer feeding programs across the country. Participating organizations provide 1.96 billion meals and snacks to 3.5 million children and elderly or disabled adults at a cost of $2.87 billion in federal funding.

Join NCA in raising awareness across the nation on Capitol Hill and in your local community during National CACFP Week March 13-19, 2016! CACFP Week is a national education and information campaign sponsored annually by the National CACFP Sponsors Association (NCA). The campaign is designed to raise awareness of how the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program works to combat hunger and bring healthy foods to the table for adults in day care and children in child care homes, centers, and in afterschool and summer feeding programs across the country.

Get ads, posters, flyers, and an entire CACFP toolkit at www.cacfp.org.

Since 1986 the National CACFP Sponsor Association (NCA) is the leading national organization for sponsors who administer the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). We provide education and support to the entire CACFP community and in particular to sponsors of all sizes from across the country. We strive to improve communication between families, care givers, sponsors, and their supervising government agencies.

Vicki Lipscomb
National CACFP Sponsors Association
512-850-8278
email us here

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