SRES 131119th CongressIntroduced

A resolution designating the third week of March 2025 as "National CACFP Week".

Introduced: Mar 14, 2025

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This is a Senate resolution (S. Res. 131) designating the third week of March 2025 as “National CACFP Week.” It recognizes the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that provides nutritious meals and snacks to children in care settings and to adults in adult day programs. The resolution cites CACFP’s role in promoting healthy eating, nutrition education, and overall well-being for vulnerable populations, and it highlights 2024 statistics showing CACFP served millions of children and thousands of adults across various care settings, delivering hundreds of millions of meals and snacks. The measure is ceremonial: it designates a week for awareness but does not create new law, authorize funding, or impose new requirements. The sponsors are Senators Boozman and Klobuchar. The resolution states the designated week begins around March 16, 2025, and it emphasizes CACFP’s public-private partnership model, its benefits for working families and small care providers (notably in rural areas), and research suggesting positive health, cognitive, and developmental outcomes associated with CACFP participation.

Key Points

1Designation of National CACFP Week: Designates the week beginning March 16, 2025 (the third week of March) as National CACFP Week.
2Purpose: Aims to raise awareness of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and recognize its role in providing nutritious meals and snacks and in supporting nutrition education.
3CACFP scope and impact (2024): CACFP provided daily meals and snacks to more than 4.5 million children in various care settings and more than 115,000 adults in adult day care, totaling about 1.7 billion meals and snacks.
4Program structure and benefits: Describes CACFP’s oversight model, which links care sites with non-profit sponsoring organizations or state agencies, highlighting a public-private partnership that supports working families and small care providers, especially in rural areas.
5Health and development outcomes: References studies suggesting CACFP access improves health and development, including reduced hospitalization risk, healthier weight gain, and more varied diets.

Impact Areas

Primary (who is most affected)- Children in CACFP settings (child care centers and family day care homes)- Adults in CACFP settings (adult day care facilities)- Child and adult care providers, and sponsoring organizations or state agencies involved with CACFPSecondary (other affected groups)- Families and guardians who rely on CACFP for meals and nutrition education- Rural and small-business care providers who participate in CACFP- After-school programs and emergency shelters that operate under CACFPAdditional impacts- Public awareness and understanding of CACFP and its benefits- Possible influence on future policy discussions or funding considerations related to nutrition programs (though the resolution itself does not authorize funding or create new requirements)This is a non-binding, ceremonial designation. It does not enact new programs, authorize new spending, or change existing law; its primary effect is to publicly recognize and promote CACFP and its benefits.

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