3.0.0 2760 2022-11-01T04:47:41Z 2022-11-01T04:47:41Z Senate S 2019-10-31 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-10-31T17:12:46Z CARE for Kids Act of 2020 116 6536 HR 2020-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-10-31 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2019-10-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N Agriculture and Food Adoption and foster care Child health Child safety and welfare Elementary and secondary education Family relationships Food assistance and relief Indian social and development programs Low- and moderate-income housing Medicaid Agriculture and Food 00 2019-10-31 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-17T15:19:06Z Caregivers, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Kids Act of 2019 or the CARE for Kids Act of 2019

This bill modifies program requirements for the National School Lunch Program and school breakfast program of the Department of Agriculture.

A local educational agency (including any school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education) may certify as eligible for free lunches or breakfasts, without further application, the following:

  • children whose placement with a caregiver was carried out with the involvement of an agency that administers a state plan or a tribal child welfare agency, without regard to whether the agency is responsible for the care and placement of the child;
  • children being raised by a relative who receives adoption or guardianship assistance; and
  • children of a family that lives in housing dedicated to low-income families with a caregiver who is a grandparent or another older person that cares for the child full-time or that receives housing or housing assistance under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.

The bill also extends eligibility for free or reduced-price school lunches for children who were determined to be eligible in the school year prior to placement with a grandparent or relative for the school year immediately following placement.

The bill provides children who receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program with direct certification for free lunches and breakfasts under the school lunch and breakfast programs.

]]> CARE for Kids Act of 2019 Display Title CARE for Kids Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced CARE for Kids Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Caregivers, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Kids Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to enhance direct certification under the school lunch program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2760is/xml/BILLS-116s2760is.xml 2019-10-31 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.