Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Network
Farm to Early Childhood Education Survey

Thank you for participating in our survey. Your feedback is important to us as we learn more about Farm to Early Care and Education (Farm to ECE) in Vermont. Farm to ECE programming includes nutrition, local food, and gardening education in ECE programs to support child wellness, family engagement, and community connections. Your responses will help us understand your interest is in Farm to ECE programming and how we might best support you in the future. Survey results will be aggregated across ECEs, and we will not include any personally identifying information in our summaries of this survey. We look forward to hearing from you!

As a thank you for completing the survey, we will enter all participants in a raffle to win one of three Shelburne Farms gift baskets or one of three copies of the Cultivating Joy and Wonder book. Please be sure to share your email address below to be entered to win one of our thank you prizes!

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1. Please select your program model. (check all that apply)

Registered Family Child Care Home

Licensed Family Child Care Home

Licensed Center-based Program

Licensed After School Program

Head Start

Early Head Start

UPK Pre-Qualified Public School Based (operated by and in a public school)

Private UPK Pre-Qualified in a Public School (operated by a private program but in a public school building)

UPK Pre-Qualified Private Center-based Program (private program not based in a public school)

UPK Pre-qualified Family Childcare Home

Education and Enrichment for Everyone (EEE) only classroom

Other (please specify)

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2. What is your email address? Please note that your name/email will not be specifically associated with your responses, but will be used to contact you if you are selected as a winner of one of our raffle prizes!

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3. What is your Provider ID number in the BFIS system?

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4. Please select the county in which your program is located.

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5. On average, how many hours per day are children in your program?

1-3 hours

4-8 hours

9+ hours

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6. How many children of each age group do you currently serve? (Feel free to estimate if needed)

0-12 months

12-36 months

Older than 36 months

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7. Approximately what percentage of children in your program receive child care financial assistance?

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8. What meals do you serve in your program? Check all that apply.

Breakfast

Morning snack

Lunch

Afternoon snack

Dinner

None

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9. Do you participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)?

Yes, and my program is the CACFP sponsor

Yes, but my program uses another CACFP sponsor

No, but we receive meals from our school district and the National School Lunch Program

No, but we offer meals anyway, not through CACFP nor the National School Lunch Program

No, we do not serve meals or food

Other (please specify)

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10. Where do you purchase or obtain food for your program? Check all that apply.

Grocery store (e.g., Shaw's, Hannaford, Price Chopper, Trader Joe's, Walmart)

Wholesale/bulk store (e.g., Costco, Sam's Club, BJ's)

Farmers markets or individual farmer/producer Distributor

Food service management company

Food processor/manufacturer

CSA

Farmer cooperative

Food buying cooperative Caterer

Online delivery service (e.g., Amazon)

Charitable food system - e.g., food pantries, food shelves, etc.

I’m not sure, because the local school administers meal services

Not applicable, because we do not provide food or meals

Other (please specify)

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11. Rank the most important factors in acquiring food for your program (1=most important, 6=least important). If you do not serve food or are unsure of the answer because the local school administers meals, you may skip this question.

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12. Do you serve local food (food grown or produced in Vermont)?

Yes

I’m not sure

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1. Please select your program model. (check all that apply)

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2. What is your email address? Please note that your name/email will not be specifically associated with your responses, but will be used to contact you if you are selected as a winner of one of our raffle prizes!

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3. What is your Provider ID number in the BFIS system?

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4. Please select the county in which your program is located.

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5. On average, how many hours per day are children in your program?

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6. How many children of each age group do you currently serve? (Feel free to estimate if needed)

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7. Approximately what percentage of children in your program receive child care financial assistance?

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8. What meals do you serve in your program? Check all that apply.

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9. Do you participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)?

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10. Where do you purchase or obtain food for your program? Check all that apply.

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11. Rank the most important factors in acquiring food for your program (1=most important, 6=least important). If you do not serve food or are unsure of the answer because the local school administers meals, you may skip this question.

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12. Do you serve local food (food grown or produced in Vermont)?

Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Network
Farm to Early Childhood Education Survey