Texas Adult and Child Food Care Program Bond

The Texas Adult and Child Food Care Program Bond is required by the Texas Department of Agriculture. The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Food and Nutrition (F&N) requires all new
nongovernmental organizations applying to participate as a sponsor in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to obtain a surety bond if they have less than three years of
financial and administrative experience.

Non-government organizations applying for status as sponsoring organizations for the Child and Adult Care Food Program in Texas must post the Texas Adult and Child Food Care Program Bond. The amount of this bond is determined on a case by case basis based on the organization’s anticipated enrollment and the sum of the meals and their type as claimed by the organization applying.

The Texas Adult and Child Food Care Program Bond states that the bond principal (the person or entity that buys the bond) will:

• faithfully satisfy all net audit exceptions which may have been taken by the Texas Department of Agriculture for any audit period covered by the period duration of the bond,
• during said audit, if records were unavailable, the bond holder must faithfully satisfy all exceptions determined to be owed as a result of bond holder’s failure to keep records substantiating its performance
• during any research by the Texas Department of Agriculture of investigations, administrative reviews, or management evaluations into the contractual performance of the bond holder, the bond holder shall satisfy all monetary exceptions for the contract period covered by the period of duration of the bond

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How to Obtain a Texas Adult and Child Food Care Program Bond

At Surety1.com we make it easy to obtain this surety bond. Our simple, three step process is:

1. Complete the easy to navigate and secure online application. ¹
2. Review the free, no obligation quote from one of Surety1’s professional surety bond agents, usually within one business day.
3. Sign some paperwork and pay the bond premium

Once these steps have been completed, the surety bond  will be shipped to the bond applicant.
^{1 -The name of the applicant on the surety bond application must match exactly the full legal business name of applicant for the license.} 

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