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Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025 This bill increases and modifies reimbursements for meals and snacks served under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). CACFP is a Food and Nutrition Service program that provides federal reimbursements for meals and snacks provided to eligible children and adults who are enrolled at participating child care centers, day care homes (i.e., private homes that provide nonresidential child care services), and adult day care centers. Specifically, the bill eliminates the two-tiered system for CACFP reimbursement rates for day care homes and generally makes all day care homes eligible for the same reimbursement rates. Under current law, day care homes located in a low-income area or with a low-income provider receive higher reimbursement rates (i.e., Tier I rates). Day care homes that do not qualify for Tier I rates receive Tier II rates, which are lower. Further, the bill provides an additional 10-cent reimbursement for each eligible meal and snack served in the CACFP. The bill also allows the provider of a family or group day care home to serve reimbursable meals and snacks to their own children when serving meals and snacks to children in their care. Specifically, the bill eliminates the current requirement that the child of a day care home provider meet the program's income eligibility requirement in order for the day care provider to receive reimbursement for the meals and snacks served to their child.
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2025-04-10
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-04-10
Introduced in House
2025-04-10
Introduced in House
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119 HR 2859 IH: Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-04-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2859 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2025 Mr. Landsman (for himself, Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Balint , Ms. Salinas , Ms. Norton , Mrs. Beatty , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Jacobs , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Garcia of California , Ms. Titus , and Mr. Smith of Washington ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to increase the amount of reimbursements under the child and adult care food program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025 . 2. Reimbursements under child and adult care food program (a) In general Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1766 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in each of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by inserting and subject to paragraph (7) after subsection (f)(3) each place it appears; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (7) Additional reimbursement Beginning on the first day of the first month that begins after the date of enactment of the Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025 , each meal and supplement served under this section shall receive an additional reimbursement in the amount of 10 cents (as adjusted pursuant to section 11(a)). ; (2) in subsection (o)(3)(A), in the first sentence, by striking consulation and inserting consultation ; and (3) in subsection (r)(4)(B)(ii), by striking subsection (c)(3) and inserting paragraphs (3) and (7) of subsection (c) . (b) Reimbursement of family or group day care home sponsoring organizations Section 17(f)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) in clause (ii)— (i) in the heading, by striking Tier i family or group day care homes and inserting Calculation of reimbursement ; (ii) by striking subclause (I); (iii) by redesignating subclauses (II), (III), and (IV) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively; (iv) in subclause (I) (as so redesignated)— (I) by striking subclause (III), a tier I and inserting subclause (II), a ; and (II) by striking , except that and all that follows through section 9 ; (v) in subclause (II) (as so redesignated)— (I) by striking subclause (IV) and inserting subclause (III) ; and (II) by striking subclause (II) and inserting subclause (I) ; and (vi) by adding at the end the following: (IV) Additional reimbursement The additional reimbursement amount required under subsection (c)(7) shall apply to the reimbursements of meals and supplements under this subparagraph. ; and (B) by striking clause (iii); and (2) by striking subparagraph (E).
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