Bill > S4002

This bill, the Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act of 2024, amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The key provisions include: 1) requiring annual eligibility determination for private organizations providing non-residential child care or day care outside school hours; 2) directing the Secretary of Agriculture to review the "serious deficiency process" for CACFP and issue guidance to streamline and modernize the program, reduce paperwork, and ensure fair administration; 3) allowing reimbursements for up to 3 meals and 1 snack per child per day in certain cases; 4) changing the index used to adjust CACFP reimbursement rates; and 5) establishing an Advisory Committee on Paperwork Reduction to provide recommendations to the Secretary on reducing unnecessary or duplicative paperwork for CACFP participants.