This is a revision of a currently
approved information collection in support of a final rule, Child
Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025
Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The revision includes a provision
to allow CACFP institutions and facilities that serve primarily
American Indian or Alaska Native participants to serve vegetables
to meet the grains requirement. The Child and Adult Care Food
Program (CACFP) provides cash reimbursement and commodity
assistance, on a per meal basis, for food service to children in
nonresidential childcare centers and family day care homes, and to
eligible adults in nonresidential adult day care centers. The USDA,
through FNS, has established application, monitoring, and reporting
requirements to manage the CACFP effectively.
This information collection is
currently approved with 3,794,949 respondents, 16,213,093
responses, 4,213,211 burden hours, and no annualized costs. The
final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with
the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (RIN 0584-AE88) is
adding a new recordkeeping requirement related to the menu planning
option in Tribal Communities into the collection. In addition, the
rule is adding $305,000 in start-up costs that CACFP operators will
incur as they update menus in response to the menu planning option.
FNS estimates that 610 responses, 763 burden hours, and $305,000 in
start-up costs will be added to the collection due to a program
change. Once the final rule provisions have been incorporated into
the collection, FNS estimates that this collection will have
3,794,949 respondents (no change), 16,213,703 responses, 4,213,973
burden hours, and $305,000 in annualized costs.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.