R277-724-1. Definitions

A. "Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)" means the section of the USOE that administers the initiation, maintenance, and expansion of non-profit food service programs for children in non-residential centers and homes which provide child care. The definition also includes the administration of food service programs for non-residential adult day care.

B. "Board" means the Utah State Board of Education.

C. "Child care center" means any public or private nonprofit organization, or any proprietary title XX center, licensed or approved to provide nonresidential child care services to enrolled children, primarily of preschool age. Child care centers may participate in the CACFP as independent centers or under the auspices of a sponsoring organization.

D. "Day care home" means an organized nonresidential child care program for children enrolled in a private home, licensed or approved as a family or group day care home and under the auspices of a sponsoring organization.

E. "Facilities" means a sponsored center or a family day care home.

F. "Institution" means an organization with whom the USOE has an agreement to accept final administrative and financial responsibility for CACFP operation.

G. "Recruited facilities" means potential daycare centers or homes that a prospective sponsor seeks to enroll in CACFP participation.

H. "Service area" means the geographic area from which a sponsoring organization draws its client facilities.

I. "Sponsoring organization" means a public or nonprofit private organization which is entirely responsible for the administration of the food program in:

(1) one or more day care homes;

(2) a child care center, outside-school-hours care center, or adult day care center which is a legally distinct entity from the sponsoring organization;

(3) two or more child care centers, outside-school-hours care centers, or adult day care centers are part of the organization; or

(4) any combination of child care centers, adult day care centers, day care homes, and outside-school-hours care centers.

J. "State agency" means the state educational agency or any other State agency that has been designated by the Governor or other appropriate executive or by the legislative authority of the state, and has been approved by the Department to administer the Program within the state.

K. "USOE" means the Utah State Office of Education.