S. 1420 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Apr 10, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryIncreases federal child care meal reimbursements
The federal government helps pay for meals and snacks served at child care centers and day care homes through a program called CACFP. This bill raises that support by giving an extra 10 cents for each meal and snack. It also simplifies how reimbursements work by treating all day care homes the same way, rather than giving some higher rates than others. The bill also lets day care home providers get reimbursed for meals they serve to their own children while caring for other kids.
How it affects you
If your child attends a participating child care center or day care home, this could mean better nutrition and meals at your facility, since providers would receive more federal money to cover food costs. Day care home providers, especially those serving low-income families, would benefit from more consistent and increased reimbursements for the meals they prepare.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Apr 10, 2025)
Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025
This bill increases and modifies reimbursements for meals and snacks served under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
CACFP is a Food and Nutrition Service program that provides federal reimbursements for meals and snacks provided to eligible children and adults who are enrolled at participating child care centers, day care homes (i.e., private homes that provide nonresidential child care services), and adult day care centers.
Specifically, the bill eliminates the two-tiered system for CACFP reimbursement rates for day care homes and generally makes all day care homes eligible for the same reimbursement rates. Under current law, day care homes located in a low-income area or with a low-income provider receive higher reimbursement rates (i.e., Tier I rates). Day care homes that do not qualify for Tier I rates receive Tier II rates, which are lower.
Further, the bill provides an additional 10-cent reimbursement for each eligible meal and snack served in the CACFP.
The bill also allows the provider of a family or group day care home to serve reimbursable meals and snacks to their own children when serving meals and snacks to children in their care. Specifically, the bill eliminates the current requirement that the child of a day care home provider meet the program's income eligibility requirement in order for the day care provider to receive reimbursement for the meals and snacks served to their child.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 1420
A BILL
Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Apr 10, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”