Bill and budget ask to equalize family child care California state meal reimbursements
CACFP Roundtable is co-sponsors with Nourish California to eliminate the California state meal reimbursement rate gap. Currently, family...
The pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of and widened the gaps in our child care system, while simultaneously exacerbating food insecurity among households with young children. Child care providers have had to scramble to feed even hungrier kids, all while struggling with increasing food costs, limited supplies, inconsistent enrollment, and inadequate support from the state.
Child care providers take the hit financially for federal rules that don’t take into account California's high cost of living or reflect the true level of poverty in our communities. Each year, providers absorb tens of millions of dollars in costs for meals served to children who don’t qualify for free meals, but who need them all the same.
Senate Bill 1481 (Becker) Food with Care would establish a free daily meal program for children in child care, while also ensuring adequate and fair pay for child care providers.
CACFP Roundtable and Nourish CA are co-sponsors of SB 1481.