{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-281","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-281","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Child and Adult Care Food Program” or “CACF Program” means the program authorized by section 17 of the National School Lunch Act, approved October 7, 1975 (89 Stat. 522; 42 U.S.C. § 1766).\n\n(2)\n“Child development facility” means a licensed community-based center, home, or other structure, regardless of its name, that provides care, supervision, guidance, and other services for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers on a regular basis. The term “child development facility” does not include a child development center or program that is sponsored or run by a public or private school.\n\n(3)\n“Eligible child” means a child who is a District resident who occupies a slot funded in whole or in part by the childcare subsidy program, authorized by § 4-402, subchapter I of Chapter 29 of this title [§ 38-2901 et seq.], or the District of Columbia Public Schools’ Head Start program.\n\n(4)\n“Farm-to-preschool programs” means programs at child development facilities that connect early care and education settings to local food producers, as an extension of the farm-to-school model, which connect children to local foods through meals and snacks, taste tests, lessons, farmer visits, cooking, field trips, growing food, and community and parent engagement.\n\n(5)\n“Infant” means a child younger than 12 months of age.\n\n(6)\n“Locally grown” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-821.01(3).\n\n(7)\n“OSSE” means the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, established by § 38-2601.\n\n(8)\n“Preschool” or “preschooler” means a child older than 24 months of age but younger than compulsory school attendance age, who is not enrolled in a public, charter, or private school.\n\n(9)\n“Sustainable agriculture” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-821.01(9).\n\n(10)\n“Toddler” means a child between 12 months of age and 24 months of age.\n\n(11)\n“Unprocessed” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-821.01(10).\n\n(12)\n“WIC” means the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, as provided in section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, approved September 26, 1972 (86 Stat. 729; 42 U.S.C. § 1786).","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 2B. Additional Funding for Child and Adult Food Program."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-281","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"6a8fb30809a5ee5f3cf299b32d9b4ae3c17436e04c6238b64ac9504a51a3789b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-275.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-282"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}