Central Pennsylvania Food Bank Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Site Application 2026

Your inquiry and application to participate as a Child and Adult Care Food Program site does not guarantee your approval as a sponsored site of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank (CPFB). CPFB will carefully review each application to ensure alignment with our organization’s strategic goals and operational capacity and resources. If CPFB approves your application, the final decisions for site approvals will be up to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).

All applications are due to CPFB by August 29th. Applications submitted after the due date are not guaranteed to be approved. If your application is not approved by CPFB, you will be notified immediately by a CPFB staff member. Once CPFB has a final list of potential CACFP sites they will be submitted to PDE for final approval. After PDE has provided final approval of sponsored sites, CPFB will notify all sites no later than 24 hours after the fact.
Address(Required)
This address should reflect the location where the meal is being served.

Staff and Facility

(if you have more than one location, please fill out an application for each location)
Administrator/CEO/Principal/Pastor (Person In Charge)(Required)
Site Supervisor Name(Required)
This is the person who will be on-site during meal service. If this person is unknown at the time of application, please use the name of the primary contact for the site in the meantime and notify us immediately when the position is filled.
Site Supervisor Birthdate

Eligibility Determination

This helps us determine program eligibility. This is required for the state application and must be accurate.
Does the Food Bank currently sponsor meals for an afterschool program at your site?(Required)

Summer Feeding Program

Age range of the children served in your program(Required)
Select all that apply

Length of Program

The 25-26 CACFP will operate October 1st thru September 30, 2026. The state application requires that we provide the number of operating days for each month of participation. Please review your calendar and advise of your program start and end dates, as well as any days you will not need to receive meals.
Anticipated start date:(Required)
Date must be October 1 or later.
Anticipated end date:(Required)
Date must be on or before September 30th. Your program must end on this date or provide one week notice if your end date changes.
Which days of the week will you serve food?(Required)
List all dates between your start and end date that you will not need to receive meals.

Describe your facility:

Do you have the capability to store refrigerated meals overnight?(Required)
Hot meals (in individual trays) will need to be heated prior to serving. Meals must be stored safely at the proper temperature until meal service.
Full-size refrigerators include both household and commercial grade refrigerators. Do not include apartment-size refrigerators in your total count.
Please enter a number from 0 to 6.
Do you have a working sink available on site?(Required)
All approved sites are required to use the My Food Program to submit daily totals daily. Do you have the ability to use the digital tool?
Select the meal you'll be serving(Required)
Please list what time meal service will begin and end.
Please describe any special delivery instructions (e.g. entrance to use, where truck can park).

If you are having problems completing the form above, please reach out to our Youth Programs Team