Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-CA-7), along with committee members Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY-4) and Todd Platts (R-PA-19) introduced the bipartisan Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act of 2010.

This is the House child nutrition reauthorization bill. The bill:

• Increases funding for child nutrition programs by approximately $8 billion over ten years
• Increases eligibility for school lunches by using Medicaid/CHIP data to directly certify children
• Provides greater universal meal access in high poverty communities by eliminating paper applications and using census data to determine school-wide eligibility
• Increases funding for nutrition education in schools
• Improves the nutritional quality of food

This week, the House Education and Labor Committee will begin hearings and mark-up of the bill.

The first hearing is set for Thursday, July 1, 10:00 a.m. ET in 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will be webcasted so you can view the hearing from home.

We urge both the House and Senate to meet (and even exceed) the president’s goal for funding of these important programs.

TAKE ACTION: Childhood hunger in the U.S. is on the rise.

According to the USDA, nearly 1 in 4 in 4 children were food insecure in 2008, up from 1 in 6 in 2007.

Help reduce childhood hunger by urging your representatives and senators to include the full $10 billion increase (over ten years) for these important anti-hunger programs by taking our online action.