U.S. Congress - S.2119 Healthy Kids from Day One Act
S.2119 - Healthy Kids from Day One Act
A bill to establish a pilot program to address overweight/obesity among children from birth to age 5 in child care settings and to encourage parental engagement. view all titles (2)
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- Official: A bill to establish a pilot program to address overweight/obesity among children from birth to age 5 in child care settings and to encourage parental engagement. as introduced.
- Short: Healthy Kids from Day One Act as introduced.
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Official Summary
2/16/2012--Introduced.Healthy Kids from Day One Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award three-year competitive grants to five eligible entities to help reduce and prevent obesity among children from birth to age five iOfficial Summary
2/16/2012--Introduced.Healthy Kids from Day One Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award three-year competitive grants to five eligible entities to help reduce and prevent obesity among children from birth to age five in a state and to encourage parental engagement in child care settings outside a child's place of residence. Identifies as eligible entities:(1) a state health department or other appropriate child care licensing entities within the state, or
(2) a nonprofit organization or a partnership of nonprofit organizations with expertise in the healthy development of children. Requires grant funds to be used to:
(1) establish child care collaboratives;
(2) provide funding to entities that routinely train child care providers to establish collaboratives; and
(3) provide technical assistance to participating providers, a compilation of best practices, strategies, and lessons learned from the collaborative, and a plan to ensure that the collaborative will be sustainable, without additional federal funding, upon the conclusion of the grants. Requires each collaborative to:
(1) share best practices, strategies, and techniques for successfully implementing policies and practices relating to healthy eating, physical activity, parental engagement, and other topics relating to the healthy development of children; and
(2) incorporate between 5 and 10 day-long, interactive training sessions each year and ongoing technical assistance to participating child care providers. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) award grants to Prevention Research Centers, universities, or other appropriate entities to evaluate programs carried out under such grants;
(2) coordinate activities conducted under this Act with activities undertaken by the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council; and
(3) disseminate to all appropriate HHS agencies evidence, strategies, best practices, and lessons learned from grantees.
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S.2119 Healthy Kids from Day One Act
andienotch
March 12, 2013
I am writing as your constituent in the 7th Congressional district of California. I am writing as your constituent in the 7th Congressional district of California. I support S.2119 - Healthy Kids from Day One Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
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dnp2010
April 16, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 18th Congressional district of New York. I am writing as your constituent in the 18th Congressional district of New York. I support S.2119 - Healthy Kids from Day One Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
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janeenfnp
April 14, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 17th Congressional district of New York. I am writing as your constituent in the 17th Congressional district of New York. I support S.2119 - Healthy Kids from Day One Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
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Janeen Pendergast
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