[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 130 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38390-38391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15335]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Child and Adult Care Food Program: National Average Payment 
Rates, Day Care Home Food Service Payment Rates, and Administrative 
Reimbursement Rates for Sponsoring Organizations of Day Care Homes for 
the Period July 1, 2008 Through June 30, 2009

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the annual adjustments to the national 
average payment rates for meals and snacks served in child care 
centers, outside-school-hours care centers, at-risk afterschool care 
centers, and adult day care centers; the food service payment rates for 
meals and snacks served in day care homes; and the administrative 
reimbursement rates for sponsoring organizations of day care homes, to 
reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Further adjustments are 
made to these rates to reflect the higher costs of providing meals in 
the States of Alaska and Hawaii. The adjustments contained in this 
notice are made on an annual basis each July, as required by the laws 
and regulations governing the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

DATES: These rates are effective from July 1, 2008, through June 30, 
2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and 
Program Development Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and 
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center 
Drive, Room 640, Alexandria, Virginia 22302-1594, 703-305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Definitions

    The terms used in this notice have the meanings ascribed to them in 
the Child and Adult Care Food Program regulations, 7 CFR part 226.

Background

    Pursuant to sections 4, 11, and 17 of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1753, 1759a and 1766), section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) and sections 226.4, 
226.12 and 226.13 of the regulations, notice is hereby given of the new 
payment rates for institutions participating in the Child and Adult 
Care Food Program (CACFP). These rates are in effect during the period, 
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
    As provided for under the law, all rates in the CACFP must be 
revised annually, on July 1, to reflect changes in the Consumer Price 
Index (CPI), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United 
States Department of Labor, for the most recent 12-month period. In 
accordance with this mandate, the United States Department of 
Agriculture last published the adjusted national average payment rates 
for centers, the food service payment rates for day care homes, and the 
administrative reimbursement rates for sponsors of day care homes, for 
the period from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, on July 10, 2007, 
at 72 FR 37505.

                                    Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
                             [Per meal rates in whole or fractions of U.S. dollars]
                                   [Effective from July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009]
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                                  Centers                                   Breakfast     Lunch and      Snack
                                                                                         supper \1\
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Contiguous States..........................  Paid.........................       0.25            0.24       0.06
                                             Reduced Price................       1.10            2.17       0.35
                                             Free.........................       1.40            2.57       0.71
Alaska.....................................  Paid.........................       0.37            0.40       0.10
                                             Reduced Price................       1.94            3.78       0.57
                                             Free.........................       2.24            4.18       1.15
Hawaii.....................................  Paid.........................       0.28            0.29       0.07
                                             Reduced Price................       1.33            2.62       0.41
                                             Free.........................       1.63            3.02       0.83


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                                                      Breakfast         Lunch and supper            Snack
                Day care homes                 -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Tier I    Tier II     Tier I    Tier II     Tier I    Tier II
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Contiguous States.............................       1.17       0.43       2.18       1.31       0.65       0.18
Alaska........................................       1.86       0.66       3.53       2.13       1.05       0.29
Hawaii........................................       1.36       0.49       2.55       1.54       0.76       0.21


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     Administrative reimbursement rates for
 sponsoring organizations of day care homes  per    Initial 50       Next 150        Next 800          Each
      home/per month rates in U.S. dollars                                                          additional
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Contiguous States...............................             101              77              60              53
Alaska..........................................             164             125              98              86
Hawaii..........................................             119              90              71              62
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\1\ These rates do not include the value of commodities (or cash-in-lieu of commodities) which institutions
  receive as additional assistance for each lunch or supper served to participants under the Program. A notice
  announcing the value of commodities and cash-in-lieu of commodities is published separately in the Federal
  Register.

    The changes in the national average payment rates for centers 
reflect a 4.272 percent increase during the 12-month period, May 2007 
to May 2008, (from 205.2 in May 2007, as previously published in the 
Federal Register, to 213.967 in May 2008) in the food away from home 
series of the CPI for All Urban Consumers.
    The changes in the food service payment rates for day care homes 
reflect a 5.773 percent increase during the 12-month period, May 2007 
to May 2008, (from 200.3 in May 2007, as previously published in the 
Federal Register, to 211.863 in May 2008) in the food at home series of 
the CPI for All Urban Consumers.
    The changes in the administrative reimbursement rates for 
sponsoring organizations of day care homes reflect a 4.200 percent 
increase during the 12-month period, May 2007 to May 2008, (from 207.9 
in May 2007, as previously published in the Federal Register, to 
216.632 in May 2008) in the series for all items of the CPI for All 
Urban Consumers.
    The total amount of payments available to each State agency for 
distribution to institutions participating in the program is based on 
the rates contained in this notice.
    This action is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) and thus is exempt from the provisions of that 
Act. This notice has been determined to be exempt under Executive Order 
12866.
    This Program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance under No. 10.558 and is subject to the provisions of 
Executive Order 12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation 
with State and local officials. (See 7 CFR Part 3015, Subpart V, and 
final rule related notice published at 48 FR 29114, June 24, 1983.)
    This notice has been determined to be not significant and was 
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget in conformance with 
Executive Order 12866.
    This notice imposes no new reporting or recordkeeping provisions 
that are subject to Office of Management and Budget review in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3518).

    Authority: Sections 4(b)(2), 11a, 17(c) and 17(f)(3)(B) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1753(b)(2), 1759a, 1766(f)(3)(B)) and section 4(b)(1)(B) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1773(b)(1)(B)).

    Dated: July 1, 2008.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator.
 [FR Doc. E8-15335 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]
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