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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2555 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish a grant program 
to provide grants to local agencies and clinics to improve the health 
of mothers and infants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2021 
Ms. ADAMS (for herself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish 
a grant program to provide grants to local agencies and 
clinics to improve the health of mothers and infants, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Access, 
Resources, and Education for Families Act’’ or the 
‘‘CARE for Families Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP 
OUTREACH. 
Section 17(h) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(15) COMMUNITY
HEALTH
PARTNERSHIPS 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall carry out a 
grant program to make grants to local agencies 
and clinics to carry out the activities described 
in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) GRANT
PROGRAM
ACTIVITIES.—A 
local agency or clinic that receives a grant 
under this paragraph shall use the grant funds 
to carry out activities to enhance collaboration 
between— 
‘‘(i) local agencies, clinics, and com-
munity health partners, including other 
health care providers, social services pro-
grams, and early childhood learning and 
care providers, for the purposes of— 
‘‘(I) establishing linkages be-
tween such entities, such as through 
participation in community coalitions; 
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‘‘(II) facilitating referrals be-
tween such entities; 
‘‘(III) 
implementing 
evidence- 
based strategies to— 
‘‘(aa) improve the health of 
communities; 
‘‘(bb) conduct outreach to 
potential program participants; 
and 
‘‘(cc) promote breastfeeding 
and access to healthy foods; and 
‘‘(IV) 
increasing 
awareness 
among such entities and program par-
ticipants (including potential program 
participants) of the eligibility require-
ments for, and health benefits of, the 
program; and 
‘‘(ii) local agencies, clinics, and health 
care entities for the purposes of— 
‘‘(I) facilitating and improving 
access to comprehensive prenatal, 
postnatal, and postpartum care for 
program participants; 
‘‘(II) facilitating certification of 
eligibility of persons for participation 
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in the program and provision of pro-
gram benefits at the hospital bedside 
for eligible postpartum women and in-
fants; 
‘‘(III) improving the coordina-
tion, quality, and cost effectiveness of 
health care services; and 
‘‘(IV) ensuring consistent nutri-
tion education and breastfeeding mes-
sages are provided to program partici-
pants. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this paragraph, a local 
agency or clinic shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—From amounts 
appropriated 
under 
subsection 
(g), 
$15,000,000 may be made available to 
carry out this paragraph for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2025. 
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‘‘(ii) 
ADJUSTMENT.—The 
amount 
specified in clause (i) shall be adjusted an-
nually for inflation by the same factor used 
to determine the national average per par-
ticipant grant for nutrition services and 
administration for the fiscal year under 
paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ 
means the special supplemental nutrition 
program under this section. 
‘‘(ii) PROGRAM
PARTICIPANT.—The 
term ‘program participant’ means a partic-
ipant in the program. 
‘‘(iii) HEALTH CARE ENTITIES.—The 
term ‘health care entities’ includes pedia-
tricians, obstetricians-gynecologists, family 
physicians, advance practice nurses, nurse 
midwives, 
community 
health 
centers, 
health departments, hospitals, facilities 
funded by the Indian Health Service and 
rural health clinics. 
‘‘(16) INITIATIVE FOR COORDINATING HEALTH 
INFORMATION EXCHANGE.— 
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