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The National Child & Adult Care Food Program Forum (The Forum) was created to form a community of member organizations dedicated to the ideals of high quality nutrition services for all children in child care settings. The Forum was organized in 1983 with the first meeting being held at the Save the Children Family Child Care Conference in Atlanta, GA. Since the mid-1980's the Forum has been recognized in Washington as the leading CACFP public policy organization. The Forum is led by its President and voluntary Board of Directors, with advisement from its ex-officio members. The full Board of Directors conducts monthly conference calls and meets three times per year.
 The Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service. The CACFP is a key building block in creating and maintaining quality, affordable child care. Sponsoring organizations provide a bridge between small family child care homes and the resources provided by this complex program. The Forum was interested in accessing quality child care for low income people and works to maintain the program for the benefit of all children. Because program policies differ from state to state, CACFP sponsors organize and share information to improve service delivery, demonstrate support for quality nutrition, and establish accountability for proper and efficient administration of CACFP funds and services. Efforts of members have served to provide public support to maintain the CACFP as an ongoing federal program to improve the nutrition of children.
The Forum focuses its public policy initiatives on ensuring the continuation of the CACFP. The ongoing work of the Forum benefits more than 1200 sponsors of family child care homes, 9,000 child care centers and the nearly 2 million children enrolled. 
º To embrace the chief objectives of the National School Lunch Act of 1946 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966: "...to safeguard the health and well being of the nation's children, and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural foods."º To facilitate on-going dialogue among home providers, sponsors, state administrative agencies, the regional and national USDA offices, and others with interest in the CACFP. º To encourage cooperation and emotional support among sponsors. º To promote sharing of ideas, methodologies, training approaches, and procedures among member organizations. º To advocate public policy which furthers these objectives.
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