Bills · HRES 228
IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS
House Res.HRES 228Agriculture and Food
Expressing support for the designation of the third week of March 2025 as "National CACFP Week".
INTRO MAR 18· LAST ACTION MAR 18
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WHAT THE BILL DOES
AI-writtenVoters should care about this bill because it shines a spotlight on a crucial program that helps feed millions of children and vulnerable adults with nutritious meals and snacks. If this resolution passes, it officially recognizes a week to raise public awareness about the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and its benefits, which include promoting healthy growth, improving nutrition education, and enhancing the quality of care settings.
More significantly, the bill urges concrete changes to strengthen CACFP, such as allowing reimbursement for more meals, making it easier for more care providers to participate, and reducing administrative hurdles. If these recommendations are eventually adopted into law, it could lead to more children and adults receiving healthy food, better financial support for care providers (especially in underserved areas), and potentially lower costs for families accessing care. Without such resolutions, public and legislative attention on these important programs and their potential improvements might diminish.
KEY PROVISIONS
4AI-extractedPROVISION 01
Expresses support for designating the third week of March 2025 as "National CACFP Week."
This aims to raise public awareness and appreciation for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and its impact.
PROVISION 02
Recognizes the Child and Adult Care Food Program's (CACFP) vital role in improving the health of vulnerable children and adults by providing nutritious meals and snacks.
It formally acknowledges the program's benefits, including better health outcomes and increased quality of care.
PROVISION 03
Urges specific actions to strengthen CACFP, including additional meal reimbursement, reduced area eligibility, annual eligibility for for-profit centers, fair food inflation adjustments, and reduced administrative burdens.
These are specific recommendations that, if enacted, could expand access to the program, improve its financial support for providers, and make it more efficient.
PROVISION 04
Acknowledges that CACFP is an important tool for reducing the costs faced by the care economy, including licensed child or adult care.
This highlights the program's economic benefit in making care more affordable for providers and, indirectly, for families.
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ACTION TIMELINE
2 EVENTSMAR 18
Submitted in House
MAR 18
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
BILL INFO
TypeHouse Resolution
NumberHRES 228
Congress119th
StatusIn Committee
IntroducedMar 18, 2025
Last actionMar 18, 2025
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IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS · EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE · INTRODUCED MAR 18, 2025
House Res.HRES 228Agriculture and Food
Expressing support for the designation of the third week of March 2025 as "National CACFP Week".
INTRODUCED MAR 18, 2025· LAST ACTION MAR 18, 2025
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READING
3 min
COSPONSORS
4
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