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That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the role of the child and adult care food program (commonly referred to as CACFP) in improving the health of the country’s most vulnerable children and adults in Head Start programs, childcare programs, including military childcare, family daycare homes, emergency shelters, adult daycare programs, and after-school care by providing nutritious meals and snacks; (2) urges support for continuing to strengthen CACFP by offering reimbursement for an additional meal or snack for children in care for a full day, reducing area eligibility from 50 percent to 40 percent, offering annual eligibility to for profit childcare centers, factoring in annual food inflation fairly for childcare regardless of setting, and reducing administrative burdens to participation; (3) acknowledges that CACFP can, and should, be an important tool in reducing the costs faced by the care economy, including licensed or approved child or adult care; and (4) supports the designation of National CACFP Week.