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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 par-
ticipated 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 estab-
lished 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 effec-
tive 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 Pro-
gram, provides a basis for lifetime healthy eating behav-
iors: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of the Child and 
Adult Care Food Program and its overall positive ef-
fect on the lives of low-income children and families, 
as well as its positive effect on improving the quality 
of a child’s child care environment; 
(2) promotes program collaboration and encour-
ages States to better coordinate the use of all Fed-
eral and State funding streams across early learning 
and child development systems and programs, in-
cluding the Child and Adult Care Food Program; 
(3) recognizes the need to provide adequate re-
sources to improve the availability and quality of nu-
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tritious meals and snacks served by Child and Adult 
Care Food Program facilities; 
(4) recognizes the impact of nonprofit and com-
munity organizations that work to increase the 
awareness of, and access to, the Child and Adult 
Care Food Program; 
(5) recognizes the need to provide States with 
resources to improve the availability of nutritious 
meals in child care; 
(6) recognizes that the Child and Adult Care 
Food Program provides a higher meal quality and a 
substantial nutrition contribution to the diets of chil-
dren in child care; and 
(7) recognizes the Child and Adult Care Food 
Program can help young children establish healthy 
eating habits which help to prevent childhood obe-
sity. 
Æ 
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