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HR 2859 · in committee · significant

Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025

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

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  1. 01

    How would the 10-cent-per-meal reimbursement increase affect child care affordability and access in rural versus urban areas?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports that higher meal reimbursement rates will improve children's nutrition outcomes rather than simply increase provider revenue?

  3. 03

    Who would fund the increased reimbursement costs, and what trade-offs might occur in other child care assistance programs?

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Greg Landsman

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Introduced 2025-04-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

  2. 2025-04-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-04-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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