3.0.0 2749 2023-01-11T13:17:08Z 2023-01-11T13:17:08Z Senate S S 2009-11-06 111 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-11-06T18:03:23Z 2009-11-06 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2009-11-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2010-02-09 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2010-02-09 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2010-02-09 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2010-02-09 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-03-11 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2010-03-18 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2010-03-19 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-03-23 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2010-05-14 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2010-05-17 False Social Welfare Adult day care Child care and development Education of the disadvantaged Food assistance and relief Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Preschool education Social Welfare 00 2009-11-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-20T16:51:37Z Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act of 2009 - Amends the the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to increase reimbursement rates for free, reduced price, and paid meals and snacks served under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) at nonresidential child care centers and family or group day care homes.

Allows such providers to be reimbursed for the service of three meals and a snack. (Currently, reimbursement is provided for two meals and a snack.)

Lowers the percentage of children or school children in an area that must be eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs to make family or group day care homes in the area eligible for higher CACFP reimbursement rates as tier I homes.

Increases the maximum monthly administrative payment per home provided to sponsors of family or group day care homes.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to improve the ability of the CACFP to reach low-income families by streamlining program and paperwork requirements.

]]> Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act of 2009 Display Title Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2749is/xml/BILLS-111s2749is.xml 2009-11-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.