# Afterschool Snacks in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
> **Food and Nutrition Service** · Final rule. · Published 2007-07-31 · Effective 2007-08-30 · 72 FR 41591
## Document
- **Document number:** E7-14642
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Nutrition Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 72 FR 41591
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 226
- **Publication date:** 2007-07-31
- **Effective date:** 2007-08-30
- **USDA docket:** FNS-2007-0004
## Abstract

This final rule incorporates into the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) regulations the provisions of the William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998, which authorized afterschool care centers meeting certain criteria to be reimbursed for snacks served to at-risk children 18 years of age and younger. This rule establishes the eligibility of at-risk afterschool care centers to serve free snacks to children who participate in afterschool programs. The centers, which must be located in low-income areas, are reimbursed at the free rate for snacks. The intended effect of this rule is to support afterschool care programs through the provision of snacks that meet CACFP meal pattern requirements. The additional benefits provided by the 1998 reauthorization act and codified by this final rule were extended to institutions and children immediately after enactment. These changes were originally proposed by the Department in a rulemaking published on October 11, 2000.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/07/31/E7-14642/afterschool-snacks-in-the-child-and-adult-care-food-program)
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