Feeding Children in America
Congress must ensure that all children in the U.S. have access to year-round nutrition.
What is it?
Every five years, Congress must review all of the child nutrition programs that provide food to low-income children across the country and throughout the year. Programs reviewed under the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act (CNR) include the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), the Summer Food Service Program, Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and others.
On March 24, 2010, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a draft of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill, titled the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.” Although this bill makes important steps towards expanding program access and improving nutritional quality, it includes less than half of the funding needed to make serious improvements.