All children deserve to be well nourished and thrive. But California fails to fairly invest in nourishing our youngest learners and supporting child care providers. Existing state law creates an inequitable gap that keeps certain providers from receiving the full state reimbursement for meals served to children in their care.

This gap means family child care home-based child care providers receive no state funding for one out of every four meals they serve. California’s
child care system undervalues and underpays essential labor historically performed by Black, Latina, and immigrant women. Ending the reimbursement gap is one important step toward eliminating those inequities.

Legislative Action

1) Bring equity to child care nutrition programs by eliminating the reimbursement gap that discriminates against providers in family child care (FCC) homes.

2) Support the Governor’s January budget proposal to provide a $1.5 million COLA to Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) operators to account for the increased cost of food

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Food with Care (SB 1481) Passes Assembly Human Services!

June 14, 2022 • Jared Call
SB 1481 (Becker): Food with Care passed out of the Assembly Human Services Committee today on a unanimous 7 – 0 vote! Nourish California and the CACFP Roundtable, the bill’s cosponsors, would like to thank supporters [...]
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Food with Care (SB 1481) Passes Senate 35-0, Moves on to Assembly!

May 24, 2022 • Jared Call
We are thrilled to announce that today, SB 1481 (Becker): Food with Care passed off of the Senate Floor on a unanimous, 35 – 0 vote. The bill now moves on to the Assembly. We thank [...]
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AB 2153 (Arambula) Held in Assembly Appropriations, Won’t Move On this Year

May 20, 2022 • Jared Call
Yesterday AB 2153 (Arambula) the CalFresh Fruit & Vegetable Supplemental Benefits Expansion, failed to pass out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Nourish California and SPUR, the bill’s cosponsors, are disappointed the bill will not be moving [...]
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Food with Care (SB 1481) Passes Senate Appropriations, Moves on to the Senate Floor!

May 19, 2022 • Jared Call
We are very pleased to share that today, SB 1481 (Becker): Food with Care passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File on a unanimous, 5 – 0 vote. The bill now moves on to [...]
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Support Boosting CalFresh Benefits as AB 2153 (Arambula) Heads to Assembly Appropriations

April 27, 2022 • Jared Call
We are thrilled to share that AB 2153 (Arambula) the CalFresh Fruit & Vegetable Supplemental Benefits Expansion, passed out of the Assembly Agriculture Committee today! Nourish California and SPUR, the bill’s cosponsors, would like to thank [...]
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Food with Care (SB 1481) Needs Your Support to Pass Senate Appropriations

April 21, 2022 • Jared Call
Now that SB 1481 (Becker): Food with Care has passed its two policy committees, the bill is up for discussion in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Join us in asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to move the [...]
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Food with Care (SB 1481) Passes Senate Human Services, Moves on to Appropriations

April 21, 2022 • Jared Call
SB 1481 (Becker): Food with Care passed out of the Senate Human Services Committee yesterday, moving us one step closer to free meals for all kids in preschool and child care. Nourish California and the CACFP [...]
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CalFresh Fruit & Vegetable Benefits (AB 2153) Passes Assembly Human Services!

April 5, 2022 • Jared Call
  AB 2153 (Arambula) passed out of its first hearing in the Assembly Human Services Committee today. Nourish California and SPUR, the bill’s cosponsors, would like to thank supporters of the bill for the strong showing [...]
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Food with Care (SB 1481) Passes Senate Education with Unanimous Support!

April 1, 2022 • Jared Call
SB 1481 (Becker): Food with Care passed out of the Senate Education Committee yesterday on a unanimous, bipartisan vote! Nourish California and the CACFP Roundtable, the bill’s cosponsors, would like to thank supporters of the bill [...]
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Sign-On Today! Tell State Budget Leaders to Boost CalFresh Benefits

March 23, 2022 • Jared Call
CalFresh helps over 4.5 million people put food on the table, but the federally-set benefit levels limit participants’ ability to purchase enough food to last through the month. Supplemental benefit programs provide matching dollars tied to [...]
Primary Contact

Kameron Mims-Jones
Nourish California
323.637.4576

Samantha Marshall
CACFP Roundtable
805-990-3351

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