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Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Reimbursement Claims Process for Child Care Centers

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number:
27601-0004-31
Report Type
Audit
Description
OIG assessed the adequacy of the CACFP meal reimbursement claims process in fiscal year 2023 for child care centers, the appropriateness of FNS approval of CACFP waivers over monitoring controls, and meal claims made at a sample of child care centers in a selected State.
Joint Report
No
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$6,672,035
Funds for Better Use
$0
View report on Oversight.gov

Recommendations

Direct the selected State agency to review the four sponsoring organizations that provided documentation and had meal count discrepancies, expand the review as appropriate, and determine whether the results warrant review of other sponsoring organizations as well.

Direct the selected State agency to provide further training to CACFP sponsoring organizations on point of service meal counts.

Direct the selected State agency to review the sponsoring organization identified in this finding that declined to provide acceptable State-required documentation to determine whether meal claims of more than $6.6 million are unsupported, recover any costs determined to be unallowable, and determine whether further action is appropriate.

Review and revise guidance such as Existing Flexibilities in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, dated July 26, 2013, as necessary, to provide clarity that States should enforce any additional operating requirements they prescribe.