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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5430 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities 

for projects that leverage community resources and support student access to physical activity, nutrition education, and nutritious foods during 

the regular school calendar. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 27, 2010 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. DAVIS of 

California, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to 

eligible entities for projects that leverage community resources and support student access to physical activity, 

nutrition education, and nutritious foods during the regular school calendar. 

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 ‘‘Partnerships for 

5 Wellness Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS TO SUPPORT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NU2 TRITION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 

4 to carry out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

5 award grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, 

6 for projects that leverage community resources and sup7 port student access to physical activity, nutrition edu8 cation, and nutritious foods during the regular school cal9 endar. 

10 (b) APPLICATION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity that de12 sires to receive a grant under this section shall sub13 mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 

14 such manner, and containing such information as 

15 the Secretary may reasonably require, including— 

16 (A) a community-involvement plan de17 scribed in paragraph (2); 

18 (B) a description of the partners of the eli19 gible entity that will be involved in the imple20 mentation of the community-involvement plan; 

21 (C) a description of the roles that will be 

22 played by each partner of the eligible entity in 

23 the implementation of the community-involve24 ment plan, including a description of the serv25 ices that will be provided by each partner of the 

26 eligible entity; and 

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1 (D) a description of how funds received 

2 under this section will be integrated with other 

3 Federal, State, and local funds to maximize 

4 services and opportunities for students, their 

5 families, and the community to be served by the 

6 eligible entity, including a description of how 

7 funds received under this section will be distrib8 uted and utilized. 

9 (2) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 

11 a grant under this section, an eligible entity 

12 shall develop a plan for leveraging resources, 

13 services, and opportunities available within the 

14 community to be served by the eligible entity in 

15 order to increase, during the regular school cal16 endar, student access to physical activity, and 

17 nutrition education, and nutritious foods. 

18 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The community-in19 volvement plan shall include— 

20 (i) a needs assessment based on 

21 guidelines established by the Secretary 

22 that describes the need for access to phys23 ical activity, nutrition education, and nutri24 tious foods, during the regular school cal25 endar, of students served by the local edumstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with BILLS

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1 cational agency that is partner of the eligi2 ble entity; 

3 (ii) a description of the potential re4 sources, services, and opportunities avail5 able within the community to be served by 

6 the eligible entity, or available near the 

7 community, that the students, the families 

8 of such students, and individuals in the 

9 community may be able to access to meet 

10 the needs identified under clause (i); 

11 (iii) a description of the role of each 

12 of the partners of the eligible entity in pro13 viding services described in subsection (c) 

14 to the students and families of the stu15 dents; 

16 (iv) a strategy for linking students 

17 and the parents and families of the stu18 dents with the opportunities for services 

19 available through the eligible entity; and 

20 (v) a strategy for evaluating the im21 pact of services that will be provided to 

22 students and their families through the eli23 gible entity, including— 

24 (I) a description of the resources, 

25 supports, and opportunities that will 

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1 be leveraged from the community to 

2 provide such services; 

3 (II) a description of how progress 

4 in increasing student access to phys5 ical activity, nutrition education, and 

6 nutritious food will be measured; and 

7 (III) a description of how the im8 pact of increasing student access to 

9 physical activity, nutrition education, 

10 and nutritious food will be measured. 

11 (c) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 

12 grant under this section shall use the funds to carry out 

13 1 or more of the following services: 

14 (1) Increasing, during the regular school cal15 endar, student access to physical activity, including 

16 through short bouts of physical activity in the class17 room and structured physical activities that are 

18 taught and led by trained adults during recess. 

19 (2) Increasing, during the regular school cal20 endar, student access to nutrition education, includ21 ing nutrition education provided through the com22 munity by local nutritionists, or other health care 

23 providers. 

24 (3) Increasing, during the regular school cal25 endar, student access to nutritious foods, including 

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1 through food demonstrations with local chefs and 

2 restaurants. 

3 (d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to re4 ceive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall 

5 agree to provide non-Federal contributions in an amount 

6 equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount of Federal 

7 funds provided under a grant under this section. 

8 (e) DURATION.—A grant under this section shall be 

9 awarded for a period of not more than 3 years. 

10 (f) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

11 available under this section shall be used to supplement, 

12 and not supplant, any other Federal, State, or local funds 

13 that would otherwise be available to carry out the services 

14 assisted under this section. 

15 (g) REPORTING.—Each eligible entity that receives a 

16 grant under this section shall, on an annual basis during 

17 each year of the grant period, report to the Secretary on— 

18 (1) the number and type of, and the roles 

19 played by, partners of the eligible entity involved in 

20 the development and implementation of the entity’s 

21 community-involvement plan described in subsection 

22 (b)(2); 

23 (2) the services coordinated or provided under 

24 the community-involvement plan; and 

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1 (3) a description of the degree to which the eli2 gible entity has made progress in increasing student 

3 access to physical activity, nutrition education, and 

4 nutritious foods as a result of the services provided 

5 under the community-development plan. 

6 (h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

7 (1) CHILD-AND-YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZA8 TION.—The term ‘‘child-and-youth-serving organiza9 tion’’ means a public or private organization with a 

10 primary focus on providing to children and youth, 

11 youth development programs, or health, fitness, edu12 cation, child welfare, psychological, parenting, or 

13 recreation services. 

14 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 

15 term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a pub16 lic or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated 

17 effectiveness that— 

18 (A) is representative of a community or 

19 significant segments of a community; and 

20 (B) provides nutrition, nutrition education, 

21 or physical fitness services, or other related 

22 services to individuals in the community. 

23 (3) DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL CAL24 ENDAR.—The phrase ‘‘during the regular school calmstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with BILLS

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1 endar’’ refers to a period during the regular school 

2 calendar during school hours. 

3 (4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible enti5 ty’’ means a local educational agency partici6 pating in the lunch program under the Richard 

7 B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the 

8 breakfast program under section 4 of the Child 

9 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) 

10 that has established a partnership with 1 or 

11 more entities described in subparagraph (B). 

12 (B) ENTITIES.—The entities described in 

13 this subparagraph are as follows: 

14 (i) A community-based organization. 

15 (ii) A child-and-youth-serving organi16 zation or agency. 

17 (iii) An institution of higher edu18 cation. 

19 (iv) A hospital or health care provider. 

20 (v) Other business or community part21 ner. 

22 (5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

23 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

24 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

25 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

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1 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

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