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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5430 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities 
for projects that leverage community resources and support student ac-
cess to physical activity, nutrition education, and nutritious foods during 
the regular school calendar. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 27, 2010 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to 
eligible entities for projects that leverage community re-
sources and support student access to physical activity, 
nutrition education, and nutritious foods during the reg-
ular school calendar. 
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 ‘‘Partnerships for 
Wellness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS TO SUPPORT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NU-
TRITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
award grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, 
for projects that leverage community resources and sup-
port student access to physical activity, nutrition edu-
cation, and nutritious foods during the regular school cal-
endar. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity that de-
sires to receive a grant under this section shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may reasonably require, including— 
(A) a community-involvement plan de-
scribed in paragraph (2); 
(B) a description of the partners of the eli-
gible entity that will be involved in the imple-
mentation of the community-involvement plan; 
(C) a description of the roles that will be 
played by each partner of the eligible entity in 
the implementation of the community-involve-
ment plan, including a description of the serv-
ices that will be provided by each partner of the 
eligible entity; and 
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(D) a description of how funds received 
under this section will be integrated with other 
Federal, State, and local funds to maximize 
services and opportunities for students, their 
families, and the community to be served by the 
eligible entity, including a description of how 
funds received under this section will be distrib-
uted and utilized. 
(2) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an eligible entity 
shall develop a plan for leveraging resources, 
services, and opportunities available within the 
community to be served by the eligible entity in 
order to increase, during the regular school cal-
endar, student access to physical activity, and 
nutrition education, and nutritious foods. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The community-in-
volvement plan shall include— 
(i) a needs assessment based on 
guidelines established by the Secretary 
that describes the need for access to phys-
ical activity, nutrition education, and nutri-
tious foods, during the regular school cal-
endar, of students served by the local edu-
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cational agency that is partner of the eligi-
ble entity; 
(ii) a description of the potential re-
sources, services, and opportunities avail-
able within the community to be served by 
the eligible entity, or available near the 
community, that the students, the families 
of such students, and individuals in the 
community may be able to access to meet 
the needs identified under clause (i); 
(iii) a description of the role of each 
of the partners of the eligible entity in pro-
viding services described in subsection (c) 
to the students and families of the stu-
dents; 
(iv) a strategy for linking students 
and the parents and families of the stu-
dents with the opportunities for services 
available through the eligible entity; and 
(v) a strategy for evaluating the im-
pact of services that will be provided to 
students and their families through the eli-
gible entity, including— 
(I) a description of the resources, 
supports, and opportunities that will 
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be leveraged from the community to 
provide such services; 
(II) a description of how progress 
in increasing student access to phys-
ical activity, nutrition education, and 
nutritious food will be measured; and 
(III) a description of how the im-
pact of increasing student access to 
physical activity, nutrition education, 
and nutritious food will be measured. 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section shall use the funds to carry out 
1 or more of the following services: 
(1) Increasing, during the regular school cal-
endar, student access to physical activity, including 
through short bouts of physical activity in the class-
room and structured physical activities that are 
taught and led by trained adults during recess. 
(2) Increasing, during the regular school cal-
endar, student access to nutrition education, includ-
ing nutrition education provided through the com-
munity by local nutritionists, or other health care 
providers. 
(3) Increasing, during the regular school cal-
endar, student access to nutritious foods, including 
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through food demonstrations with local chefs and 
restaurants. 
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall 
agree to provide non-Federal contributions in an amount 
equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount of Federal 
funds provided under a grant under this section. 
(e) DURATION.—A grant under this section shall be 
awarded for a period of not more than 3 years. 
(f) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under this section shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, any other Federal, State, or local funds 
that would otherwise be available to carry out the services 
assisted under this section. 
(g) REPORTING.—Each eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall, on an annual basis during 
each year of the grant period, report to the Secretary on— 
(1) the number and type of, and the roles 
played by, partners of the eligible entity involved in 
the development and implementation of the entity’s 
community-involvement plan described in subsection 
(b)(2); 
(2) the services coordinated or provided under 
the community-involvement plan; and 
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