HR 2859 · in committee · significant
Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025
- education
What this bill does
- The bill increases federal reimbursement rates for meals and snacks provided to children in child care programs.
- Child care centers, day care homes, and their enrolled children are affected, particularly in low-income areas.
- The bill adds 10 cents per meal reimbursement and eliminates income limits for providers' own children.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would the 10-cent-per-meal reimbursement increase affect child care affordability and access in rural versus urban areas?
- 02
What evidence supports that higher meal reimbursement rates will improve children's nutrition outcomes rather than simply increase provider revenue?
- 03
Who would fund the increased reimbursement costs, and what trade-offs might occur in other child care assistance programs?
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Sponsor · D-OH-1
Greg Landsman
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
20/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-04-10
Joining the bill

Suzanne Bonamici
D-OR-1 · original

Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3 · original

Becca Balint
D-VT · original

Steve Cohen
D-TN-9 · original

Sara Jacobs
D-CA-51 · original

James P. McGovern
D-MA-2 · original

Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC · original

Adam Smith
D-WA-9 · original

Andrea Salinas
D-OR-6 · original

Dina Titus
D-NV-1 · original

Bonnie Watson Coleman
D-NJ-12 · original

John Garamendi
D-CA-8 · original
+ 8 more
Legislative timeline
2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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