I 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3117 

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish a grant program 

to provide grants to local agencies and clinics to improve the health 

of mothers and infants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2019 

Ms. ADAMS (for herself, Ms. UNDERWOOD, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish 

a grant program to provide grants to local agencies and 

clinics to improve the health of mothers and infants, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Access, 

5 Resources, and Education for Families Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘CARE for Families Act’’. 


pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 3117 IH

1 SEC. 2. FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP 

2 OUTREACH. 

3 Section 17(h) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

4 U.S.C. 1786(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(15) COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS

7 GRANTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—Not later 

9 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

10 this paragraph, the Secretary shall carry out a 

11 grant program to make grants to local agencies 

12 and clinics to carry out activities to enhance 

13 collaboration between— 

14 ‘‘(i) such local agencies and clinics 

15 and community health partners, including 

16 other health care providers, social services 

17 programs, and early childhood learning 

18 and care providers, for the purposes of— 

19 ‘‘(I) establishing linkages be20 tween such entities, such as through 

21 participation in community coalitions; 

22 ‘‘(II) facilitating referrals be23 tween such entities; 

24 ‘‘(III) implementing evidence25 based strategies to improve the health 

26 of communities, conduct outreach to 


pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 3117 IH

1 eligible participants, and promote 

2 breastfeeding and access to healthy 

3 foods; and 

4 ‘‘(IV) increasing awareness 

5 among such entities and program par6 ticipants (including potential program 

7 participants) of the eligibility require8 ments for, and health benefits of, the 

9 program; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) such local agencies and clinics 

11 and other health care providers, including 

12 pediatricians, obstetricians-gynecologists, 

13 family physicians, advance practice nurses, 

14 nurse midwives, community health centers, 

15 health departments, hospitals, and rural 

16 health clinics, for the purposes of— 

17 ‘‘(I) facilitating and improving 

18 access to comprehensive prenatal, 

19 postnatal, and postpartum care for 

20 program participants; 

21 ‘‘(II) facilitating certification of 

22 eligibility of persons for participation 

23 in the program and provision of pro24 gram benefits at the hospital bedside 


pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 3117 IH

1 for eligible postpartum women and in2 fants; 

3 ‘‘(III) improving the coordina4 tion, quality, and cost effectiveness of 

5 health care services; 

6 ‘‘(IV) improving the sharing of 

7 information necessary to establish nu8 tritional risk under subsection (b)(8); 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(V) ensuring consistent nutri11 tion education and breastfeeding mes12 sages are provided to program partici13 pants. 

14 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to re15 ceive a grant under this paragraph, a local 

16 agency or clinic shall submit an application to 

17 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 

18 and containing such information as the Sec19 retary may require. 

20 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA21 TIONS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—From amounts 

23 appropriated under subsection (g), 

24 $15,000,000 may be made available to 


pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 3117 IH

1 carry out this paragraph for each of fiscal 

2 years 2020 through 2025. 

3 ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT.—The amount 

4 specified in clause (i) shall be adjusted an5 nually for inflation by the same factor used 

6 to determine the national average per par7 ticipant grant for nutrition services and 

8 administration for the fiscal year under 

9 paragraph (1)(B). 

10 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(i) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ 

12 means the special supplemental nutrition 

13 program under this section. 

14 ‘‘(ii) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT.—The 

15 term ‘program participant’ means a partic16 ipant in the special supplemental nutrition 

17 program under this section.’’. 

Æ 


pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS