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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5480 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct 
the Secretary to competitively award grants to, or enter into cooperative 
agreements with, Governors of States to carry out comprehensive and 
innovative strategies to end childhood hunger, including establishing pub-
lic-private partnerships and alternative models for service delivery that 
promote the reduction or elimination of childhood hunger by 2015. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2010 
Mr. POLIS of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act to direct the Secretary to competitively award grants 
to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, Governors 
of States to carry out comprehensive and innovative 
strategies to end childhood hunger, including establishing 
public-private partnerships and alternative models for 
service delivery that promote the reduction or elimination 
of childhood hunger by 2015. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Childhood 
Hunger Challenge Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE CHILDHOOD HUNGER CHALLENGE GRANTS. 
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. 
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 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 
‘‘(2) the rates of food insecurity, hunger, or 
poverty in the State, as determined by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(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 the school meal pro-
grams, afterschool snack programs, summer feeding 
programs, weekend feeding programs, child and 
adult care food programs, the Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-
dren established under the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), and programs under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.); 
‘‘(2) increase access and participation in Fed-
eral child nutrition programs; and 
‘‘(3) improve the coordination of Federal, State, 
and community resources and services aimed at 
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eliminating food insecurity and hunger, including 
Federal nutrition assistance programs, Federal child 
nutrition programs, other Federal, State, or local as-
sistance programs and services, and private or non-
profit 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 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 
provide a significant improvement to the food 
security status of households with children; 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(C) the Secretary of Education; and 
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‘‘(D) the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.—A Governor of a State receiv-
ing funding under this section to carry out a demonstra-
tion project shall provide for— 
‘‘(1) a collaboration among key stakeholders in 
the State, such as representatives from business, 
nonprofits, faith- and community-based organiza-
tions, institutions of higher education, the philan-
thropic sector, and public agencies that oversee Fed-
eral child nutrition programs, education, housing, 
public health, and other social service programs; 
‘‘(2) a collaborative planning process that re-
sults in a comprehensive agenda to eliminate child-
hood hunger that is— 
‘‘(A) described in a detailed project plan; 
and 
‘‘(B) provided to the Secretary for ap-
proval; 
‘‘(3) an annual budget; 
‘‘(4) specific performance goals, including the 
goal to sharply reduce or eliminate food insecurity 
among children in the State by 2015, as determined 
through a methodology prescribed by the Secretary 
and carried out by the Governor; and 
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‘‘(5) an independent evaluation described in 
subsection (g). 
‘‘(g) EVALUATION.—Each Governor of a State receiv-
ing funding under this section, with respect to any project 
carried out with such funds in the State, shall carry out 
an independent evaluation— 
‘‘(1) that measures the impact of any activities 
carried out under the project on the level of food in-
security in the State that— 
‘‘(A) focuses particularly on the rate of 
food insecurity among children in the State; 
‘‘(B) includes a preimplementation baseline 
and annual measurements taken during the 
project of the level of food insecurity in the 
State; and 
‘‘(C) is carried out using a scientifically 
valid methodology prescribed by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(2) that evaluates— 
‘‘(A) the impact of the project on appro-
priate participation, food security, nutrition, 
and associated behavioral outcomes among par-
ticipating children; and 
‘‘(B) using rigorous experimental designs 
and methodologies, particularly random assign-
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ment or other methods that are capable of pro-
ducing scientifically valid information, to deter-
mine which activities are effective in reducing 
the prevalence or preventing the incidence of 
food insecurity and hunger in the community, 
especially among children. 
‘‘(h) REPORTING.—Not later than December 31, 
2011 and each December 31 thereafter until the date on 
which the last evaluation under subsection (g) of a project 
funded under this section is completed, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) submit to the Committee on Agriculture 
and the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a 
report that includes a description of— 
‘‘(A) the status of each demonstration 
project carried out with funds under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) the results of any evaluations of the 
demonstration projects completed during the 
previous fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that the evaluation results are 
shared broadly to inform policy makers, service pro-
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viders, other partners, and the public in order to 
promote the wide use of successful strategies. 
‘‘(i) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DURATION.—No project may be funded 
under this section for more than 5 years. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF PROJECT.—No State may re-
ceive funds under this section to carry out more 
than 1 project. 
‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE
BASIS.—Funds provided 
under this section shall be made available to a Gov-
ernor of a State for each year of the grant or con-
tract awarded to such State. The amount of funds 
provided for each year shall be contingent on the 
satisfactory implementation of the project plan sub-
mitted under subsection (f)(2) and progress towards 
the performance goals defined in the plan. 
‘‘(4) ALTERING
NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No project that makes 
use of, alters, or coordinates with the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program may be 
funded under this section unless the project is 
fully consistent with the project requirements 
described in section 17(b)(1)(B) of the Food 
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and 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
2008 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2026(b)(1)(B)). 
‘‘(B) 
REQUIREMENTS.—In 
determining 
whether a project is fully consistent with the re-
quirements described in subparagraph (A) and 
therefore eligible to be funded under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall ensure that allowing 
the project to be funded under this section— 
‘‘(i) would demonstrably advance the 
goal of ending childhood hunger, as posi-
tively determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) would preserve all existing enti-
tlements to nutrition assistance benefits 
and services; 
‘‘(iii) would not restrict eligibility or 
reduce benefits for any individual; and 
‘‘(iv) would not result in a transfer of 
funding designated by law for a specific 
program authorized under this Act, the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1771 et seq.), the commodity supplemental 
food program established under section 5 
of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; 
Public Law 93–86), the Emergency Food 
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‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 to carry 
out this section for fiscal years 2011 through 2015, to re-
main available until September 30, 2015.’’. 
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