Nourishment for The Community.

NíaCentral addresses food insecurity by serving freshly prepared meals to childcare centers and schools in Wards 1 – 8, benefiting over 1,000 children daily.

About NíaCentral Catering

At CentroNía, we believe that children have the right to access foods that will enhance their development and help them to establish lifelong healthy habits. NíaCentral, CentroNia’s enterprise arm, was established in 2016 to ensure that more young children across the DC Metro Region have access to fresh, tasty, and nourishing meals. NiaCentral prepares and distributes 3,000 nutritious meals daily to its clients. NiaCentral is an essential component of CentroNía’s nonprofit work, addressing the nutritional needs of children from predominantly low-income households during the school day.

Our Catering Services

We offer breakfast, lunch, snack, and supper options. Our meals comply with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the School Breakfast Program (SBP), as well as the District of Columbia’s Healthy Schools Act (HSA) and the Healthy Tots Act (HTA). We also have options to accommodate the needs of children with food allergies and vegetarian diets. Meals are priced at federal reimbursement rates for CACFP, NSLP, and SBP, ensuring financial accessibility while generating revenue to support CentroNía’s mission and sustainability.

What We Do

At NíaCentral, we prepare homemade meals daily and distribute them to our clients. Our meals are prepared using our three guiding principles:

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Fresh

We use fresh produce and source locally, whenever possible. Our priority is to ensure that our meals preserve a greater content of nutrients and taste great!

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Nourishing

We ensure that our recipes comply and exceed Federal and State regulations for child nutrition programs. We also expose children to a variety of foods to ensure that they receive a wide range of nutrients and that they develop a taste for fresh and nutritious food.

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Tasty

We expose children to new foods in order to develop lifelong healthy habits. We also strive to make our meals simple and tasty, and promote the implementation of family-style dinning.