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ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 296
Introduced by Hallstrom, 1; Bosn, 25; Bostar, 29; Brandt, 32; Cavanaugh, J., 9;
Cavanaugh, M., 6; Clouse, 37; Conrad, 46; DeBoer, 10; DeKay, 40;
Dorn, 30; Dungan, 26; Fredrickson, 20; Guereca, 7; Hansen, 16;
Holdcroft, 36; Hunt, 8; Ibach, 44; Jacobson, 42; Juarez, 5;
Lippincott, 34; Lonowski, 33; McKinney, 11; Meyer, G., 17;
Prokop, 27; Quick, 35; Raybould, 28; Riepe, 12; Rountree, 3;
Sanders, 45; Sorrentino, 39; Spivey, 13; Storer, 43; Storm, 23;
Strommen, 47; Wordekemper, 15.
WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that adequate nutrition for Nebraska's
youngest children is vital for their healthy development and eating habits
which provides a foundation for better academic performance and success later
in life; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that young children in low-income
households are especially at risk of inadequate nutrition, harm to their
development, and adverse outcomes; and
WHEREAS, high quality early care and education programs in Nebraska play
an essential role in contributing to the healthy development of the young
children served by the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program through proper
nutrition; and
WHEREAS, early care and education programs in Nebraska operate on thin
margins, facing persistent financial strain while trying to serve Nebraska's
low-income children without the ability to charge for the true cost of care or
receive adequate reimbursement from the child care subsidy program; and
WHEREAS, the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program funds that Nebraska
receives plays an essential role in giving the one thousand two hundred eighty-
three participating early care and education programs the ability to provide
high quality nutrition to a daily average of twenty-three thousand six hundred
ninety-five Nebraska children; and
WHEREAS, the President of the United States and the United States Congress
passed the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 on June 25, 2022, whereby Tier II family
day care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program received
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reimbursement at the higher Tier I rates and additional reimbursements in the
amount of ten cents for each meal and supplement provided pursuant to the Act;
and
WHEREAS, the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 expired on June 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, young children in low-income households are at risk of losing
access to healthy, well-balanced nutrition provided by the Child and Adult Care
Food Program unless the United States Congress and President of the United
States act to permanently implement the aforementioned changes made by the Keep
Kids Fed Act of 2022 for the next federal fiscal year beginning on October 1,
2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION:
1. That the Legislature urges the President of the United States and
members of the United States Congress to make permanent changes to the Child
and Adult Food Programs to reimburse all participating family day care homes at
Tier I rates and provide additional reimbursements for each meal and supplement
provided.
2. That copies of this resolution be delivered to the President of the
United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the
President of the United States Senate, and each member of the Nebraska
Congressional delegation.
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