New Tool: Averaged Eligibility Map

Need help figuring out if a CACFP day care home is area eligible according to USDA’s averaging policy? Use Share Our Strength’s new Averaged Eligibility Map! Developed in collaboration with Esri, this map will show you if the site’s census block group meets the 50% free and reduced price eligibility threshold when averaged with adjacent block groups. This informative webinar will to walk you through how to use the Share Our Strength’s new Averaged Eligibility Map and user’s guide, and how to use the data from the map to get formal approval from your state agency that your day care home is area eligible. This webinar is oriented to a CACFP child care audience, but all of the information that will be covered will also apply to summer meals sponsors and advocates. Anyone with an interest in either CACFP child care or summer meals is welcome to join.