Bill > HRes1118

This resolution expresses support for the designation of the third week of March as "National CACFP Week" to raise awareness of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a program administered by the Department of Agriculture that provides nutritious meals and snacks to over 4.5 million children and 120,000 adults daily in various care settings like childcare centers, family daycare homes, emergency shelters, and adult daycare centers. The resolution highlights CACFP's vital role in promoting healthy growth and development, reducing the prevalence of obesity and underweight in children, improving the quality of childcare, and supporting working families and small businesses through a public-private partnership. It also urges continued strengthening of CACFP by advocating for policy changes such as offering reimbursement for an additional meal or snack for children in full-day care, reducing eligibility thresholds, offering annual eligibility to for-profit childcare centers, fairly factoring in food inflation, and reducing administrative burdens, recognizing CACFP as a crucial tool in reducing costs within the care economy.