Nutritional Development Services partners with 65 Department of Public Welfare-licensed child care centers in the five county area and provides breakfast, lunch and snacks to 2700 children. Participating sites are required to serve an average of 30 children each day and must have adequate kitchen equipment (refrigerator, freezer and oven) to properly store and prepare the meals. Non-profit centers must provide documentation of their 501(c)(3) status. A minimum of 25% of children enrolled at for-profit centers must be subsidized through CCIS or be eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

The breakfasts, lunches and snacks follow meal patterns established by the United States Department of Agriculture. Each breakfast must include a grain, fruit or vegetable and milk. Each lunch must include a meat or meat alternate, grain, milk and two fruit and vegetable servings. Each snack must be comprised of two components that may include a meat or meat alternate, grain, fruit or vegetable or milk. NDS also offers select infant formula and cereals to parents whose infants are in care at centers under NDS sponsorship.

Based on family income, the meals are available at no cost, at reduced price, or at full price. Currently, a reduced price lunch is $0.40 and a full price lunch is $1.60. A reduced price breakfast is $0.30 and a full price breakfast is $0.75. A reduced price snack is $0.15 and a full price snack is $0.40.