S 1420 · in committee · significant
Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025
- education
What this bill does
- This bill increases federal reimbursement rates for meals and snacks served at child care centers and day care homes.
- Child care providers, day care home operators, and families using these services are affected by the changes.
- The bill adds 10 cents per meal reimbursement and eliminates income-based tier differences for day care homes.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How might the 10-cent per-meal increase affect child care affordability for low-income families compared to higher-income families?
- 02
What evidence supports that eliminating income-based tier differences will improve nutrition outcomes in day care homes?
- 03
Where would federal funding for these increased reimbursement rates come from, and what trade-offs might that create?
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Sponsor · D-CT
Richard Blumenthal
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10/ 100
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Introduced 2025-04-10
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Legislative timeline
2025-04-10 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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