To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the child and adult care food program, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill updates the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to make it easier for child care centers to participate and receive meal reimbursements. It streamlines certification processes for proprietary (for-profit) child care centers, reforms the serious deficiency review process, and allows reimbursement for three meals instead of two when children are in care for 8 or more hours.
Who Benefits and How
Child care centers, especially for-profit proprietary centers, benefit from reduced administrative burdens and streamlined certification processes. Family day care homes benefit from reformed serious deficiency processes with clearer appeal rights. Working families with children in full-day care benefit from expanded meal coverage (3 meals instead of 2).
Who Bears the Burden and How
The USDA and state agencies administering CACFP must implement new certification procedures, conduct reviews of the serious deficiency process, and participate in the new advisory committee on paperwork reduction.
Key Provisions
- Streamlines eligibility certification for proprietary child care centers
- Requires review of the serious deficiency determination process
- Allows reimbursement for 3 meals (instead of 2) when children are in care 8+ hours
- Establishes advisory committee to reduce paperwork burdens
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Modernizes and streamlines the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by easing administrative burdens on child care centers, expanding meal reimbursement for full-day care, and establishing an advisory committee to reduce paperwork.
Key Policy Areas
Child Nutrition, Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs Administration
Primary Purpose
Modernizes and streamlines the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by easing administrative burdens on child care centers, expanding meal reimbursement for full-day care, and establishing an advisory committee to reduce paperwork.
Policy Domains
Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Child care centers
- Family day care homes
- Working families with children
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- USDA
- State agencies administering CACFP
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Blumenthal (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Welch, Ms. Hirono, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
CACFP institutions subject to serious deficiency findings, CACFP program operators, CACFP sponsoring organizations
Working families with children in full-day care
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A for-profit child care center receiving funding under title XIX or XX of the Social Security Act
Child care lasting 8 hours or more per day
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