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ative refused without good cause to accept em-
ployment or training for employment.
‘‘(iii) The term ‘‘eligible State’’ means a State
whose State plan approved under section 402 in-
cludes provision for emergency assistance.’’.
Subtitle D—Family Day Care
Homes Program Improvements
SEC. 731. IMPROVEMENT OF OPERATION OF FAMILY OR
GROUP DAY CARE HOMES LOCATED IN LOW-
AND MODERATE-INCOME AREAS UNDER THE
CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM
UNDER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(f)(3)(A) of the Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(A)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A)(i) Institutions that participate in the program
under this section as family or group day care home spon-
soring organizations shall be provided, for payment to
such homes, a reimbursement factor in accordance with
this subparagraph for the cost of obtaining and preparing
food and prescribed labor costs, involved in providing
meals under this section.
‘‘(ii)(I) A low- or moderate-income family or group
day care home shall be provided a reimbursement factor
without a requirement for documentation of the costs de-
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scribed in clause (i), except that reimbursement shall not
be provided under this clause for meals or supplements
served to the children of a person acting as a family or
group day care home provider unless such children meet
the eligibility standards for free or reduced price meals
under section 9 of this Act. The reimbursement factors
applied to such a home shall be the factors in effect on
the date of enactment of the Self-Sufficient and Independ-
ence Act of 1994. The reimbursement factors under this
subparagraph shall be adjusted on July 1 of each year
to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for food
away from home for the most recent 12-month period for
which such data are available. The reimbursement factors
under this subparagraph shall be rounded to the nearest
one-fourth cent.
‘‘(II) For purposes of this clause, the term ‘low- or
moderate-income family or group day care home’ means—
‘‘(aa) a family or group day care home that is
located in a census tract area in which at least 40
percent of the children residing in such area are
members of households whose incomes meet the eli-
gibility standards for free or reduced price meals
under section 9 of this Act, as determined by the
family or group day care home sponsoring organiza-
tion using census tract data provided to such organi-
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zation by the State agency in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B)(i);
‘‘(bb) a family or group day care home that is
located in an area served by a school in which at
least 40 percent of the total number of children en-
rolled are certified to receive free or reduced price
meals under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), as determined by the
family or group day care home sponsoring organiza-
tion using data provided to such organization by the
State agency in accordance with subparagraph
(B)(ii); or
‘‘(cc) a family or group day care home that is
operated by a provider whose household meets the
eligibility standards for free or reduced price meals
under section 9 of this Act.
‘‘(iii)(I) Except as provided for in subclause (II), with
respect to meals or supplements served under this clause
by a family or group day care home that does not meet
the criteria set forth in clause (ii)(II), the reimbursement
factors shall be—
‘‘(aa) $1.2675 for lunches and suppers;
‘‘(bb) $.5375 for breakfasts; and
‘‘(cc) $.25 for supplements.
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Such factors shall be adjusted on July 1, 1995, and each
July 1 thereafter to reflect changes in the Consumer Price
Index for food away from home for the most recent 12-
month period for which such data are available. The reim-
bursement factors under this clause shall be rounded to
the nearest one-fourth cent. A family or group day care
home shall be provided a reimbursement factor under this
subclause without a requirement for documentation of the
costs described in clause (i), except that reimbursement
shall not be provided under this clause for meals or supple-
ments served to the children of a person acting as a family
or group day care home provider unless such children meet
the eligibility standards for free or reduced price meals
under section 9 of this Act.
‘‘(II) A family or group day care home that does not
meet the criteria set forth in clause (ii)(II), may elect to
be provided a reimbursement factor determined in accord-
ance with the following requirements:
‘‘(aa) With respect to meals or supplements
served under this subsection to children who are
members of households whose incomes meet the eli-
gibility standards for free or reduced price meals
under section 9 of this Act, the family or group day
care home shall be provided reimbursement factors
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set by the Secretary in accordance with subclause
(ii)(I).
‘‘(bb) With respect to meals or supplements
served under this subsection to children who are
members of households whose incomes do not meet
such eligibility standards, the family or group day
care home shall be provided a reimbursement factor
in accordance with subclause (I).
‘‘(III) A family or group day care home electing to
use the procedures under subclause (II) may consider a
child with a parent participating in the work first program
established under part F of title IV of the Social Security
Act, the community service program established under
section 489 of such Act, the transitional child care pro-
gram under title IV of such Act, the at-risk child care
program under title IV of such Act, or a State child care
program with an income eligibility limit that does not ex-
ceed the eligibility standard for free or reduced price meals
under section 9 of this Act, to be a child who is a member
of a household whose income meets the eligibility stand-
ards under section 9 of this Act. A family or group day
care home may elect to receive the reimbursement factors
prescribed under clause (ii)(I) solely for such children if
it does not wish to have income statements collected from
parents.
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‘‘(IV) The Secretary shall prescribe simplified meal
counting and reporting procedures for use by family and
group day care homes that elect to use the procedures
under clause (iii)(II) and by family and group day care
home sponsoring organizations that serve such homes.
Such procedures may include the following:
‘‘(aa) Setting an annual percentage for each
such home of the number of meals served that are
to be reimbursed in accordance with the reimburse-
ment factors prescribed under clause (ii)(I) and an
annual percentage of the number of meals served
that are to be reimbursed in accordance with the re-
imbursement factors prescribed under clause (ii)(II),
based on the incomes of children enrolled in the
home in a specified month or other period.
‘‘(bb) Setting blended reimbursement factors
for a home annually based on the incomes of chil-
dren enrolled in the home in a specified month or
period.
‘‘(cc) Placing a home into one of several reim-
bursement categories annually based on the percent-
age of children in the home whose households have
incomes that meet the eligibility standards under
section 9 of this Act.
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‘‘(dd) Such other simplified procedures as the
Secretary may prescribe.’’.
(b) PROVISION OF DATA TO FAMILY OR GROUP DAY
CARE HOMES.—Section 17(f)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1766(f)(3)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and
(C) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) (as
amended by subsection (a)) the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall provide to each State
agency administering a child and adult care food program
under this section data from the most recent decennial
census for which such data are available showing which
census tracts in the State meet the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A)(ii)(II)(aa). The State agency shall provide
such data to family or group day care home sponsoring
organizations located in the State.
‘‘(ii) Each State agency administering a child and
adult care food program under this section shall annually
provide to family or group day care home sponsoring orga-
nizations located in the State a list of all schools in the
State in which at least 40 percent of the children are en-
rolled are certified to receive free or reduced price meals
under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42