The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is administered by the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) through State child nutrition agencies. Participating providers include childcare centers (including Head Start Programs), day care homes, before and afterschool programs, adult day care centers, and emergency shelters serving children. USDA provides reimbursements to participating providers for nutritious meals and snacks served to participants enrolled in their care. Studies have found CACFP meals and snacks to be of high nutritional quality. The analysis in this report uses data from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to describe the general characteristics of childcare providers, both centers and homes, and compares how those characteristics differed by CACFP participation status and eligibility. This analysis also uses a follow-up data set to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected provider operations and CACFP participation.