FOOD WITH CARE

Existing California law creates an inequitable gap that keeps family child care providers from receiving full state reimbursement for meals served to children in their care. They are required to be reimbursed for only 75% of the meals served to kids in their care. This gap means family child care providers receive no state funding for one out of every four meals they serve.

CACFP Roundtable and Nourish CA are co-sponsors of Assembly Bill 679 (Wicks) and a related state budget request.

Action Alert: 4/25 Food with Care is being heard by the CA Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 - provide your public comment

Samantha Marshall

Apr 24
2 min

Action Alert: 4/25 Food with Care is being heard by the CA Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 - provide your public comment

Senate Budget Sub-Committee #3 Health & Human Services Public Comment Template When: Thursday, April 25 @ 9:30am or upon adjournment of...

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Maryam Cheraghi

Dec 4, 2023
6 min

Heart of Food with Care: Miren Algorri

Written by Maryam Cheraghi Maryam served as a legislative intern at CACFP Roundtable in 2023 and studied Psychology and Applied...

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Parents talk about how family child care providers should be paid 100% for the meals served

Samantha Marshall

May 17, 2023
1 min

Parents talk about how family child care providers should be paid 100% for the meals served

Last week the Nourish CA and CACFP Roundtable hosted a virtual discussion about Food in Early Care - WIC and CACFP. We had the...

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Your Stories: The Heart of Food with Care

Maryam Cheraghi

May 2, 2023
3 min

Your Stories: The Heart of Food with Care

We are seeking family child care providers who are willing to share their stories about experiences with hunger (personally or with the fami

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Support Healthy Meals in Family Child Care as AB 679 (Wicks) Heads to Assembly Appropriations

Samantha Marshall

May 1, 2023
3 min

Support Healthy Meals in Family Child Care as AB 679 (Wicks) Heads to Assembly Appropriations

Cross post from Nourish California 4/28/2023 We are pleased to share that AB 679 (Wicks) "Food with Care", passed out of the Assembly...

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Tomorrow (4/27) We need your help to stop racist state policy against family child care providers

Samantha Marshall

Apr 26, 2023
2 min

Tomorrow (4/27) We need your help to stop racist state policy against family child care providers

*cross-post Nourish CA We need your help to stop the racist state policy that discriminates against family child care home providers. ...

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