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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 442 

Recognizing the importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program 

and its positive effect on the lives of low-income children and families. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2009 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New 

York, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. POLIS of Colorado) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the importance of the Child and Adult Care 

Food Program and its positive effect on the lives of 

low-income children and families. 

Whereas Child and Adult Care Food Program participants 

under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

include sponsoring organizations, child care centers, family day care homes, Head Start programs, at-risk afterschool care centers, outside-school hours care centers, 

emergency shelters, and adult day care centers; 

Whereas 49,624 licensed child care centers with 2,300,000 

children participated in the Child and Adult Care Food 

Program in 2008; 


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Whereas 141,535 licensed or approved family child care 

homes with 849,000 children participated in the Child 

and Adult Care Food Program in 2008; 

Whereas 872 family child care sponsoring organizations participated in the Child and Adult Care Food Program in 

2008; 

Whereas in 2008, 71 percent of all meals served in child care 

centers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food 

Program qualified for reimbursement at the rates established for free or reduced price meals; 

Whereas 78 percent of all meals served in family day care 

homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food 

Program qualified for tier I reimbursement factors in 

2008; 

Whereas the Child and Adult Care Food Program was cited 

as one of the important supports for long-term success in 

building strong family child care for low-income families; 

Whereas 87 percent of the family child care homes considered 

to be providing good quality child care participated in the 

Child and Adult Care Food Program; 

Whereas the Child and Adult Care Food Program, due to its 

unique combination of training and oversight, is an effective vehicle for supporting family child care providers and 

enhancing the care they provide; 

Whereas the Department of Agriculture’s evaluation of the 

Child and Adult Care Food Program found that children 

in the Child and Adult Care Food Program received 

meals that were nutritionally superior to those meals 

served in child care settings outside of the Child and 

Adult Care Food Program; 


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Whereas studies have shown that young children feel safe and 

secure, pay attention, behave, and stay healthy, when 

they are well nourished; 

Whereas research has shown that children who participate in 

the Child and Adult Care Food Program eat more fruits, 

vegetables, milk, and have a better overall diet quality; 

Whereas the current economic crisis is causing more families 

to rely on the Child and Adult Care Food Program as 

they struggle to feed their children; 

Whereas the Child and Adult Care Food Program contributes 

to and supports quality child care that provides early 

education experiences; and 

Whereas participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, provides a basis for lifetime healthy eating behaviors: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the importance of the Child and 

3 Adult Care Food Program and its overall positive ef4 fect on the lives of low-income children and families, 

5 as well as its positive effect on improving the quality 

6 of a child’s child care environment; 

7 (2) promotes program collaboration and encour8 ages States to better coordinate the use of all Fed9 eral and State funding streams across early learning 

10 and child development systems and programs, in11 cluding the Child and Adult Care Food Program; 

12 (3) recognizes the need to provide adequate re13 sources to improve the availability and quality of nuVerDate Nov 24 2008 04:34 May 15, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR442.IH HR442

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1 tritious meals and snacks served by Child and Adult 

2 Care Food Program facilities; 

3 (4) recognizes the impact of nonprofit and com4 munity organizations that work to increase the 

5 awareness of, and access to, the Child and Adult 

6 Care Food Program; 

7 (5) recognizes the need to provide States with 

8 resources to improve the availability of nutritious 

9 meals in child care; 

10 (6) recognizes that the Child and Adult Care 

11 Food Program provides a higher meal quality and a 

12 substantial nutrition contribution to the diets of chil13 dren in child care; and 

14 (7) recognizes the Child and Adult Care Food 

15 Program can help young children establish healthy 

16 eating habits which help to prevent childhood obe17 sity. 

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