Chatham County Partnership for Children
Tammy Matthews, Vicki Price, Shamika Scotton, Tina Lawson, and Michelle Sawyer
Regional
Promoting wellness and healthy development by providing nutritious meals and snacks to children in child care settings across central North Carolina.
Supporting families and caregivers by ensuring access to meal reimbursements through child care centers and afterschool programs.
Counties Served:
How is it going?
The 2025–2026 program year has started with some challenges due to the government shutdown, which has slowed reimbursement funds for participating facilities. Despite this, the CACFP Program continues to grow through strong word-of-mouth outreach, and so far this fiscal year three new sites are in the process of being added. One of the more significant challenges has been maintaining and expanding home-based facilities, as DCDEE has made the licensing process more difficult. Additionally, many providers are aging out of the field and are no longer interested in continuing to provide childcare.
Successes
All pertinent employees for the program became certified as either a CACFP Management Professional or Child Care Nutrition Professional this year due to attending the yearly CACFP conference!
