{"id":4541,"date":"2025-11-20T19:40:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=4541"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:47:12","slug":"report-a-study-to-determine-the-feasibility-of-establishingan-alternative-child-and-adult-care-food-programeligibility-process-for-family-friend-and-neighbor-caregivers-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/_resources\/report-a-study-to-determine-the-feasibility-of-establishingan-alternative-child-and-adult-care-food-programeligibility-process-for-family-friend-and-neighbor-caregivers-in-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Establishing an Alternative Child and Adult Care Food Program Eligibility Process for Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) caregivers are a critical part of Colorado\u2019s early-childhood ecosystem \u2014 yet many are locked out of federal nutrition support. This new feasibility study explores how the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) can be made more accessible for these license-exempt caregivers. The study examines legal frameworks, caregiver experiences, and system design, and recommends a streamlined registration pathway that reduces administrative burden. By removing the linkage between CACFP eligibility and state subsidy programs, this model could help FFN providers serve healthier meals and strengthen community-based care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HomeGrown_Colorado-CACFP-FFN-Feasibility-Study_Final_2025_DA.pdf\">Read Full Report<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HomeGrown-FFN-FEASIBILITY-COLORADO-Executive-Summary-June2025.pdf\">Read Executive Summary<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) caregivers are a critical part of Colorado\u2019s early-childhood ecosystem \u2014 yet many are locked out of federal nutrition support. This new feasibility study explores how the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) can be made more accessible for these license-exempt caregivers. The study examines legal frameworks, caregiver experiences, and &#8230; <a title=\"Report: A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Establishing an Alternative Child and Adult Care Food Program Eligibility Process for Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers in Colorado\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/_resources\/report-a-study-to-determine-the-feasibility-of-establishingan-alternative-child-and-adult-care-food-programeligibility-process-for-family-friend-and-neighbor-caregivers-in-colorado\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Report: A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Establishing an Alternative Child and Adult Care Food Program Eligibility Process for Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers in Colorado\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4542,"template":"","categories":[12],"resource-categories":[63,52],"class_list":["post-4541","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","resource-categories-cacfp-hunger","resource-categories-family-friend-and-neighbor-ffn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/4541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4541"},{"taxonomy":"resource-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-categories?post=4541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}