Child Nutrition Improvement Act: Extra Meals, Fairer Rules, and Less Paperwork.
This Act improves the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by allowing reimbursement for a third meal for children in care for 8 or more hours, directly supporting working families. It mandates a significant reduction in administrative paperwork for parents and providers through digitalization and streamlines monitoring processes. The changes also aim to ensure a fairer and more uniform compliance review process for care institutions.
Key points
Children in care for 8 or more hours daily can now receive reimbursement for a third meal or an extra snack, enhancing nutritional support for long days.
Mandates the use of digital forms, electronic signatures, and streamlined monitoring to drastically reduce the paperwork burden on parents and child care providers.
The compliance review process is reformed to ensure fairness, including using independent officials for appeals and distinguishing between reasonable human error and intentional fraud.
The inflation index used for calculating meal reimbursements will switch to the 'food away from home' index, potentially leading to higher reimbursement rates for providers.
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