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/global/community-services/home.page 2025-10-01 2025-10-01T12:00:00.000Z 08 00 am Jacob Mills [email protected] Miami-Dade County partners with USDA to provide meals through the Child and Adult Care Food Program The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sponsoring the Child and Adult Care Food Program in partnership with the Miami-Dade County Community Services Department’s Older Adults & Individuals with Disabilities Services Division. This collaboration ensures that nutritious meals are provided to older adults and individuals with disabilities across Miami-Dade County. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sponsoring the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in partnership with the Miami-Dade County Community Services Department’s Older Adults & Individuals with Disabilities Services Division. This collaboration ensures that nutritious meals are provided to older adults and individuals with disabilities across Miami-Dade County. “In Miami-Dade, we believe that everyone deserves to feel cared for and supported,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. “By partnering with the USDA, we are making sure that our older adults and residents with disabilities not only have access to healthy meals, but also know that their community values their dignity, health, and well-being.” Meals will be offered at no separate charge to enrolled eligible participants at the Adult Day Care Centers. Meals will be provided to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, political beliefs, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or any other protected class under federal law. Free and Reduced-Price Meal Policy Statement Participants eligible for free or reduced-price meals must complete an application documenting eligibility. The application requires: •    The number and names of all household members •    The last four digits of the Social Security Number of the head of household, primary wage earner, or the adult                  signing the application (or an indication if no household member has one) •    Total monthly household income or Food Stamps, SSI, or Medicaid identification number •    The signature of an adult care center participant “This partnership with the USDA allows us to continue supporting the nutritional needs of Miami-Dade’s older adults and individuals with disabilities,” said Sonia Grice, Assistant Director. “Ensuring access to healthy meals is a vital part of our mission to enhance quality of life and promote dignity for all residents.” For more information on the program or to apply, please contact Elvis Caines at 786-469-4704 or visit <a href="http://www.miamidade.gov/socialservices">www.miamidade.gov/socialservices</a>. no 2025 00 a.m. 00 a.m. org1759231455000647 1 rel1759340909753355 Community Services Stephen P. Clark Center 111 NW 1st Street Miami 33128 local county miami-dade department department Community ServicesCSD /global/publicrecords/search.page Community Services Department The Community Services Department (CSD) provides comprehensive social services that address children, family and community needs throughout Miami-Dade County. CSD performs functions and delivers services that address objectives of both the Health and Society and the Public Safety strategic areas. CSD provides a continuum of comprehensive services and programs that support residents of all ages from children to the elderly. The Community Services Department’s service delivery model emphasizes a coordinated community response approach involving the active engagement of public and private providers to ensure quality and accessibility of well-integrated services. The Department has family and community resource centers, one kiosk at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, and outreach programs to reach under-supported areas in Miami-Dade County. Comprehensive services include, but are not limited to, Head Start and school readiness, elderly services, veterans’ services, family and child empowerment programs, migrant farmworker programs, domestic violence and violence prevention, emergency food, shelter, utility assistance, home repair and weatherizing and substance abuse rehabilitative services. The Department also supports the County’s portion of the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) program, which champions for the rights and interests of children involved in dependency court proceedings. /resources/images/banners/community-action.jpg Director Cathy Burgos, LCSW Cathy%20Burgos%2C%20LCSW /global/government/biographies/community-services.page Stephen P. Clark Center - 111 NW 1st Street [loc1454454181420459] : Miami ^ 33128 loc1454454181420459 786-469-4600 /global/community-services/home.page

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MIAMI-DADE ( October 01, 2025 )–

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sponsoring the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in partnership with the Miami-Dade County Community Services Department’s Older Adults & Individuals with Disabilities Services Division. This collaboration ensures that nutritious meals are provided to older adults and individuals with disabilities across Miami-Dade County.

“In Miami-Dade, we believe that everyone deserves to feel cared for and supported,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. “By partnering with the USDA, we are making sure that our older adults and residents with disabilities not only have access to healthy meals, but also know that their community values their dignity, health, and well-being.”

Meals will be offered at no separate charge to enrolled eligible participants at the Adult Day Care Centers. Meals will be provided to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, political beliefs, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or any other protected class under federal law.

Free and Reduced-Price Meal Policy Statement
Participants eligible for free or reduced-price meals must complete an application documenting eligibility. The application requires:
• The number and names of all household members
• The last four digits of the Social Security Number of the head of household, primary wage earner, or the adult signing the application (or an indication if no household member has one)
• Total monthly household income or Food Stamps, SSI, or Medicaid identification number
• The signature of an adult care center participant

“This partnership with the USDA allows us to continue supporting the nutritional needs of Miami-Dade’s older adults and individuals with disabilities,” said Sonia Grice, Assistant Director. “Ensuring access to healthy meals is a vital part of our mission to enhance quality of life and promote dignity for all residents.”

For more information on the program or to apply, please contact Elvis Caines at 786-469-4704 or visit www.miamidade.gov/socialservices.