‘‘(B) USES
OF
FUNDS.—A local edu-
cational agency may use subgrant funds re-
ceived under this subsection— 
‘‘(i) to provide training and technical 
assistance to the staff of qualifying 
schools; 
‘‘(ii) to provide promotional materials 
to students enrolled in qualifying schools 
and the families of such students to en-
courage participation in the school break-
fast program; 
‘‘(iii) to purchase equipment needed to 
provide breakfast service outside the cafe-
teria at qualifying schools; 
‘‘(iv) for additional local educational 
agency supervisory personnel to assist with 
implementation or expansion of the school 
breakfast program at qualifying schools; or 
‘‘(v) other effective mechanisms iden-
tified by the Secretary under paragraph 
(1)(C)(i). 
‘‘(C) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of 
a subgrant provided under this subsection by a 
State educational agency to a local educational 
agency for qualifying schools or a group of 
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qualifying schools shall not exceed $10,000 for 
each school year. 
‘‘(D) MAXIMUM
GRANT
TERM.—A State 
educational agency shall not provide subgrants 
under this subsection to a local educational 
agency for qualifying schools or groups of quali-
fying schools for more than 2 years. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITION
OF
QUALIFYING
SCHOOL.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘qualifying 
school’ means a school in severe need, as described 
in subsection (d)(1). 
‘‘(5) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2010, 
out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this 
subsection $10,000,000 to remain available 
until expended. 
‘‘(B) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The 
Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall ac-
cept, and shall use to carry out this subsection 
the funds transferred under subparagraph (A), 
without further appropriation.’’. 
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Subtitle B—Summer Food Service 
Program 
SEC. 111. ALIGNMENT OF ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR PUBLIC 
AND PRIVATE SPONSORS. 
Section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT 
ORGANIZATION.—In this paragraph, the term 
‘private nonprofit organization’ means an orga-
nization that— 
‘‘(i) exercises full control and author-
ity over the operation of the program at all 
sites under the sponsorship of the organi-
zation; 
‘‘(ii) provides ongoing year-round ac-
tivities for children or families; 
‘‘(iii) demonstrates that the organiza-
tion has adequate management and the fis-
cal capacity to operate a program under 
this section; 
‘‘(iv) has Federal tax exempt status 
as described in section 501(c) of the Inter-
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nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 
from taxation under 501(a) of that Code; 
‘‘(v) meets applicable State and local 
health, safety, and sanitation standards; 
and 
‘‘(vi) meets any operational require-
ments established by the State agency with 
respect to the maximum number of total 
sites and maximum number of children 
being served at any one site. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—Private nonprofit or-
ganizations (other than organizations eligible 
under paragraph (1)) shall be eligible for the 
program under the same terms and conditions 
as other service institutions.’’. 
SEC. 112. OUTREACH TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES. 
Section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) (as amended by 
section 111) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(11) OUTREACH TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide funds to each State agency that admin-
isters the national school lunch program under 
this Act to require each such State agency to 
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ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, 
school food authorities participating in the 
school lunch program under this Act cooperate 
with participating service institutions to dis-
tribute materials to inform families of— 
‘‘(i) the availability and location of 
summer food service program meals served 
under this section; and 
‘‘(ii) the availability of reimbursable 
breakfasts served under the school break-
fast program established under section 4 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1773). 
‘‘(B) FORM.—The materials described in 
subparagraph (A) shall be in a form and, to the 
maximum extent practicable, language easily 
understandable by families receiving such mate-
rials. 
‘‘(C) INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION.—Infor-
mational activities carried out under subpara-
graph (A) may include— 
‘‘(i) the development or dissemination 
of printed materials, to be distributed to 
all school children or the families of school 
children prior to the end of the school 
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year, that inform families of the avail-
ability and location of summer food service 
program meals; 
‘‘(ii) the development or dissemination 
of materials, to be distributed using elec-
tronic means to all school children or the 
families of school children prior to the end 
of the school year, that inform families of 
the availability and location of summer 
food service program meals; and 
‘‘(iii) such other activities as are ap-
proved by the applicable State agency to 
promote the availability and location of 
summer food service program meals to 
school children and the families of school 
children. 
‘‘(D) MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES.—If the 
State agency administering the program under 
this section is not the same State agency that 
administers the school lunch program under 
this Act, the 2 State agencies shall work coop-
eratively to implement this paragraph.’’. 
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SEC. 113. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM YEAR-ROUND 
OPTION. 
Section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) (as amended by 
section 112) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following— 
‘‘(11) SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM YEAR- 
ROUND OPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—From the amounts 
appropriated under subparagraph (I), the Sec-
retary is authorized to carry out a program to 
provide, on a competitive basis, not more than 
10 States with reimbursements for meals and 
supplements served, under the year-round op-
tion of the program under this section as au-
thorized under this paragraph, by service insti-
tutions that are described in paragraph (6) (ex-
cluding public schools) and private nonprofit or-
ganizations described in paragraph (7). 
‘‘(B) ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENT.—In pro-
viding assistance under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall award assistance under this section 
to a State that has carried out year-round serv-
ices under section 18(h) (as in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment of the Improv-
ing Nutrition for America’s Children Act). 
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‘‘(C) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—In pro-
viding assistance under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall give priority consideration to States 
that— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate administrative and 
operational capacity to oversee an effective 
year-round program option under this 
paragraph based on criteria established by 
the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) provide a plan for outreach and 
implementation to reach children eligible 
for free or reduced price meals under this 
Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including children of 
households at risk of food insecurity, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(iii) demonstrate support for after-
school and summer programming; and 
‘‘(iv) meet other such considerations 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(D) PARTICIPATION CRITERIA.—A service 
institution may participate in the year-round 
program option under this paragraph if the in-
stitution provides meals or supplements under a 
program that— 
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‘‘(i) operates at a site during the reg-
ular school calendar— 
‘‘(I) during before- or after- 
school hours; 
‘‘(II) on weekends; or 
‘‘(III) during school holidays and 
vacations; and 
‘‘(ii) is located in an area in which 
poor economic conditions exist. 
‘‘(E) ENRICHMENT
PROGRAMMING.—The 
Secretary shall encourage service institutions 
participating in the program option under this 
paragraph to provide enrichment or educational 
programming with meal service. 
‘‘(F) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(i) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this paragraph, service institutions shall be 
eligible for the year-round program option 
under this paragraph under the same 
terms and conditions for participating in 
the program under this section. 
‘‘(ii) MEAL
LIMITS.—In addition to 
being eligible for reimbursement for meals 
described in subsection (b)(2) served dur-
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ing each day of operation during the peri-
ods described in subsection (c)(1), service 
institutions participating in the year-round 
program option under this paragraph may 
be reimbursed for up to 1 meal and 1 sup-
plement per child served during each day 
of operation during the regular school cal-
endar. 
‘‘(iii) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A service in-
stitution participating in the year- 
round program option under this 
paragraph shall be reimbursed con-
sistent with subsection (b)(1). All 
meals and supplements served under 
the program option under this para-
graph shall be served without charge. 
‘‘(II) LIMITATION.—A service in-
stitution may not claim reimburse-
ment for the same meals served under 
this paragraph, section 17A, section 
17B, or section 17(r) on the same 
day. 
‘‘(III) ELIGIBLE
CHILDREN.— 
Reimbursement 
may 
be 
provided 
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under this paragraph only for the 
same meals and supplements served to 
children who are not more than 18 
years of age, except that the age limi-
tation provided by this subclause shall 
not apply to a child described in sec-
tion 12(d)(1)(A). 
‘‘(G) OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall establish applicable monitoring 
and oversight requirements governing the year- 
round program option under this paragraph to 
ensure appropriate compliance and account-
ability requirements for meal service provided 
under the program option under this para-
graph. 
‘‘(H) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 
a report that describes— 
‘‘(i) the impact of this paragraph on 
participation in the program option under 
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this section during the summer months 
and during the regular school year; 
‘‘(ii) the monitoring and oversight re-
quirements governing the operation of the 
program option under this paragraph; 
‘‘(iii) the financial and administrative 
impact to service institutions participating 
in the program option under this para-
graph; and 
‘‘(iv) any recommendations by the 
Secretary concerning the operation and ad-
ministration of the program option under 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(I) FUNDING.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated, and there are appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Secretary to carry out this 
section, such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.’’. 
SEC. 114. RURAL ACCESS TO SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 13(a)(9) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(9)) is amended— 
(1) in the header, by striking ‘‘EXEMPTION’’ 
and inserting ‘‘APPLICABILITY TO RURAL AREAS’’; 
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(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘For each 
of calendar years 2005 and 2006 in rural areas of 
the State of Pennsylvania’’ and inserting ‘‘In rural 
areas of a State’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; and 
(4) by striking clause (iv). 
Subtitle C—Child and Adult Care 
Food Program 
SEC. 121. SIMPLIFYING AREA ELIGIBILITY DETERMINA-
TIONS IN THE CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD 
PROGRAM. 
Section 17(f)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(bb) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell 
National 
School 
Lunch 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1766(f)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(bb)) is amended by striking ‘‘elemen-
tary’’. 
SEC. 122. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM REIM-
BURSEMENT. 
Section 17(f)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766 (f)(2)(B)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No reimbursement 
may be made to any institution under this 
paragraph, or to any family or group day 
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care home sponsoring organization under 
paragraph (3) of this subsection— 
‘‘(I) for more than 2 meals and 
1 supplement per day per child; and 
‘‘(II) for children who are main-
tained in child care for 8 hours or 
more per day, for 1 additional meal or 
supplement for each such child per 
day. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—The reimburse-
ment under clause (i)(II) shall be provided, 
on a competitive basis, to not more than 5 
States for disbursement to the institutions 
or sponsoring organizations described in 
clause (i) that are located in such States. 
In providing such reimbursement, the Sec-
retary shall give priority consideration to 
States that— 
‘‘(I) demonstrate administrative 
and operational capacity to oversee 
the additional meal service under this 
subparagraph based on criteria estab-
lished by the Secretary; 
‘‘(II) provide a plan for outreach 
and implementation to reach children 
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who are maintained in child care for 
8 or more hours per day; and 
‘‘(III) meet such other consider-
ations as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) 
OPERATIONAL
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary shall establish re-
quirements to ensure that meal services 
are operated in conformance with applica-
ble operational and oversight requirements 
determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iv) REPORTING.—Not later than 4 
years after the date of the enactment of 
this subparagraph, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry, a report that describes— 
‘‘(I) the impact of the additional 
meal service option under this sub-
paragraph on participation in the pro-
gram under this section; 
‘‘(II) the monitoring and over-
sight requirements for administering 
an additional meal service for children 
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in care for more than 8 hours per 
day; 
‘‘(III) the financial and adminis-
trative impact to service institutions 
participating in the program under 
this section; and 
‘‘(IV) any additional information 
or legislative recommendations, as de-
termined by the Secretary.’’. 
Subtitle D—Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children 
SEC. 131. CERTIFICATION PERIODS. 
Section 17(d)(3)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) CHILDREN.—A State may elect 
to certify participant children for a period 
of up to 1 year, if the State electing the 
option provided under this clause ensures 
that participant children receive required 
health and nutrition assessments.’’. 
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Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
SEC. 141. CHILDHOOD HUNGER RESEARCH. 
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 22 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 23. CHILDHOOD HUNGER RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) RESEARCH ON CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF 
CHILDHOOD HUNGER.—The Secretary shall conduct a re-
search program on— 
‘‘(1) the causes of childhood hunger and food 
insecurity; 
‘‘(2) the characteristics of households with 
childhood hunger and food insecurity; and 
‘‘(3) the consequences of childhood hunger and 
food insecurity. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out research under 
subsection (a), the Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) enter into competitively awarded contracts 
or cooperative agreements with eligible entities; or 
‘‘(2) provide grants to eligible entities. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a— 
‘‘(1) State; 
‘‘(2) institution of higher education; or 
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‘‘(3) public or private agency or organization, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to enter into a 
contract or cooperative agreement or receive a grant under 
this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary 
an application at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary shall require. 
‘‘(e) AREAS OF INQUIRY.—The Secretary shall design 
the research program to advance knowledge and under-
standing on the issues described in subsection (a), which 
may include— 
‘‘(1) economic, health, social, cultural, demo-
graphic, and other factors that contribute to child-
hood hunger or food insecurity; 
‘‘(2) the geographic distribution of childhood 
hunger and food insecurity; 
‘‘(3) the extent to which— 
‘‘(A) existing Federal assistance programs, 
including the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
reduce childhood hunger and food insecurity; 
and 
‘‘(B) childhood hunger and food insecurity 
persist due to— 
‘‘(i) gaps in program coverage; 
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‘‘(ii) the inability of potential partici-
pants to access programs; or 
‘‘(iii) the insufficiency of program 
benefits or services; 
‘‘(4) the public health and medical costs of 
childhood hunger and food insecurity; 
‘‘(5) an estimate of the degree to which the 
measure of food insecurity based on the Current 
Population Survey conducted by the Census Bureau 
underestimates childhood hunger and food insecu-
rity; and 
‘‘(6) the effects of childhood hunger on child 
development, well-being, educational attainment, and 
such other critical outcomes as are determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2012, out of 
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 
to 
the 
Secretary 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
section 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
‘‘(2) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 
shall use to carry out this section the funds trans-
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ferred under paragraph (1), without further appro-
priation.’’. 
SEC. 
142. 
STATE 
CHILDHOOD 
HUNGER 
CHALLENGE 
GRANTS. 
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) is further amended by inserting 
after section 23 (as added by section 141) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 
24. 
STATE 
CHILDHOOD 
HUNGER 
CHALLENGE 
GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
under subsection (k), the Secretary may competitively 
award grants, or enter into competitively awarded cooper-
ative agreements with, the Governors of States to carry 
out comprehensive and innovative demonstration projects 
to end childhood hunger, including projects that establish 
public-private partnerships and alternative models for 
service delivery that promote the reduction or elimination 
of childhood hunger by 2015. 
‘‘(b) GRANT SIZE.—In determining the size of a 
grant to award to a Governor of a State under this section, 
the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(1) the proportion of children in the State cer-
tified as eligible for free and reduced price meals 
under this Act; and 
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‘‘(2) the rates of food insecurity, hunger, or 
poverty in the State, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
or cooperative agreement under this section, a Governor 
of a State shall submit to the Secretary an application 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) PROJECTS.—A Governor of a State receiving 
funds under this section shall use such funds to carry out 
a demonstration project based on a comprehensive and in-
novative strategy to end childhood hunger, including a 
project that— 
‘‘(1) enhances benefits or provides for innova-
tive program delivery models in the Federal child 
nutrition programs, including school meal programs, 
afterschool or out-of-school meal service programs, 
summer feeding programs, weekend feeding pro-
grams, child and adult care food programs, and the 
Special 
Supplemental 
Nutrition 
Program 
for 
Women, Infants, and Children established under the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(2) increase access and participation in Fed-
eral child nutrition programs; and 
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‘‘(3) improve the coordination of Federal, State, 
and community resources and services aimed at 
eliminating childhood food insecurity and hunger, in-
cluding Federal child nutrition programs, other Fed-
eral, State, or local assistance programs and serv-
ices, and private or nonprofit assistance efforts. 
‘‘(e) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretaries listed in paragraph (2), 
shall determine the range of projects to be funded 
under this section and evaluate applications sub-
mitted under subsection (c) based on publicly dis-
seminated criteria that may include— 
‘‘(A) a description of the target population, 
including children certified as eligible for free or 
reduced price meals under this Act or section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1771 et seq.) that are at risk of experiencing 
hunger or food insecurity; 
‘‘(B) a commitment to approaches that use 
rigorous methodologies for implementation and 
evaluation, as described in subsection (g); 
‘‘(C) a comprehensive and innovative strat-
egy to reduce the risk of childhood hunger or 
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provide a significant improvement to the food 
security status of households with children; 
‘‘(D) as part of the comprehensive and in-
novative strategy, a consideration of approaches 
to improve the nutritional status of children eli-
gible for free and reduced price meals under 
this Act or section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.); 
‘‘(E) a partnership among public and pri-
vate stakeholders that demonstrates a commit-
ment to collaborate toward ending childhood 
hunger through a coordinated plan; 
‘‘(F) a preference for projects with a 25 
percent non-Federal match that may be pro-
vided in cash or fairly evaluated in-kind con-
tributions, including facilities, equipment, serv-
ices, or staffing from a State government, a 
local government, or a private source; and 
‘‘(G) such other criteria as are determined 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of Labor; 
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