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 PUBLIC LAW 95-627—NOV. 10, 1978

92 STAT. 3603

Public Law 95-627 95th Congress An Act To extend and amend the special supplemental food program and the child care food program, and for other purposes.

Nov. 10, 1978 [S. 3085]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be Child Nutrition cited as the "Child Nutrition Amendments of 1978". Amendments of 1978. CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM

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SEC. 2. Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act is amended to read as follows: "CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM

"SEC. 17. (a) The Secretary may carry out a program to assist 42 USC 1766. States through grants-in-aid and other means to initiate, maintain, and expand nonprofit food service programs for children in institutions providing child care. For purposes of this section, the term 'institution' 'Institution.' means any public or private nonprofit organization providing nonresidential child care, including, but not limited to, child care centers, settlement houses, recreational centers, Head Start centers, and institutions providing child care facilities for handicapped children. In addition, the term 'institution' shall include programs developed to provide day care outside school hours for schoolchildren, and public or nonprofit private organizations that sponsor family or group day care homes. The Secretary may establish separate guidelines for insti- Guidelines. tutions that provide care to school children outside of school hours. For purposes of determining eligibility— Eligibility. " (1) no institution, other than a family or group day care home sponsoring organization, or family or group day care home shall be eligible to participate in the program unless it has Federal, State, or local licensing or approval, or is complying with appropriate renewal procedures as prescribed by the Secretary and the State has no information indicating that the institution's license will not be renewed; or where Federal, State, or local licensing or approval is not available, it receives funds under title X X of the Social Security Act or otherwise demonstrates that it meets either 42 USC 1397. any applicable State or local government licensing or approval standards or approval standards established by the Secretary after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; and " (2) no institution shall be eligible to participate in the program unless it satisfies the following criteria: "(A) accepts final administrative and financial responsibility for management of an effective food service; "(B) has not been seriously deficient in its operation of the child care food program, or any other program under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, for a period of time 42 USC 1771 note. specified by the Secretary; and "(C) will provide adequate supervisory and operational personnel for overall monitoring and management of the child care food program.

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