Child Nutrition News from Hunger Solutions NY: Congress Passes Keep Kids Fed Act
06/30/2022
๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผโ๐จ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง 2022
Hunger Solutions New York commends Congress for last weekโs passage of the bipartisan Keep Kids Fed Act. The bill is an important first step in mitigating a looming hunger cliff as we approach the expiration of critical pandemic-related flexibilities and benefits, including child nutrition waivers originally set to expire on June 30, 2022.
The legislation:
โ Extends USDAโs authority to issue certain child nutrition waivers, including:
โข Summer nutrition waivers through September 30, 2022.
Note: We are awaiting guidance from USDA and NYSED
regarding waiver extensions for this summer. Sponsors and
sites should not make changes to their operations without
further guidance and approval from NYSED.
โข Meal pattern waivers through June 30, 2023.
โข No-cost waivers through the 2022-2023 school year. Note: this
does not include waivers allowing free meals for all students.
โ Increases school meal reimbursements by 40 cents per lunch and 15 cents per breakfast through the 2022-2023 school year.
โ Extends Tier 1 reimbursement rates to all family child care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), through June 30, 2023.
โ Increases CACFP reimbursements by 10 cents for each meal and snack for child care and afterschool providers through the 2022-2023 school year.
There is much more to be done to avert a child hunger crisis. The legislation does not extend flexibilities allowing school meals for all students at no [โฆ]