Were there state-level groups or coalitions that assisted in drafting or promoting the Feed Children Act?
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Executive summary
Available reporting does not mention a federal “Feed Children Act.” Sources instead show a mix of child-care, child-nutrition and child-safety bills and state coalitions active in 2025 — for example, New York proposed a “New York Coalition for Child Care” tied to a $100 million capital grant proposal [1]. State- and local-level coalitions are documented around school meals and child nutrition (FoodCorps, Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon) but none of the provided documents link a named “Feed Children Act” to specific state coalitions assisting draft or promotion [2] [1].
1. What the record actually shows about legislation with similar aims
Congressional texts in 2025 address child care, school food and child-safety but use different titles: the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025 and the Farm to School Act of 2025 are among bills on record [3] [4]. These federal bills concern funding for child-care facilities and farm-to-school connections, not an act called “Feed Children Act” specifically [3] [4].
2. State coalitions and advocacy activity are real — but focused
State-level coalitions and advocacy campaigns are documented for child care and school nutrition. New York proposed a formal “New York Coalition for Child Care” as part of a state budget pitch to combine business, labor and providers [1]. FoodCorps and local partners describe coalitions and campaigns for school meals and farm-to-school policies in states such as Connecticut, Tennessee and Oregon [2]. Those state coalitions promote feeding and nutrition policies, but the sources do not say they drafted or promoted a federal “Feed Children Act” [1] [2].
3. National advocacy networks that coordinate state and federal pressure
National groups are active in aligning hundreds or thousands of organizations on nutrition policy. The Food Research & Action Center and allied groups mobilized nearly 1,500 national, state and community organizations on SNAP and child nutrition issues in 2025 [5]. That demonstrates capacity for coordinated state-to-federal advocacy; available sources show such coalitions pushing federal and state policy but do not attach that activity to a “Feed Children Act” title [5].
4. Where state coalitions are explicitly credited with policy wins
FoodCorps credits state coalitions and partners for specific wins on school-meal policies and farm-to-school work — e.g., leadership credited for Healthy School Meals for All in New York and organized lobby days in Oregon [2]. These examples show state-level coalitions both drafting policy proposals and running promotion campaigns within states, but the reporting confines those efforts to state policy arenas rather than to a federal “Feed Children Act” [2].
5. Confounding factors and possible reasons for confusion
Multiple overlapping efforts — child-care reform, farm-to-school bills, SNAP advocacy, state coalitions for school meals — can create the impression of a single, named federal initiative like a “Feed Children Act.” The sources illustrate many players (state coalitions, national NGOs, lawmakers) working on related child nutrition and care issues, which may lead observers to conflate separate efforts into one label. The documentation here does not confirm any state coalitions specifically drafting or promoting a federal bill by that name [5] [2] [1].
6. What reporting does not address (limitations)
Available sources do not mention a “Feed Children Act” or identify state-level groups that specifically drafted or promoted legislation under that exact name; therefore, claims tying state coalitions to that bill are not supported in this reporting (not found in current reporting). The materials provided focus on other named bills and on state coalitions working on child care and school nutrition but stop short of linking them to a federal “Feed Children Act” [3] [4] [2].
7. How to verify further (practical next steps)
To confirm whether state coalitions worked on a “Feed Children Act,” check (a) the bill text and sponsors on Congress.gov for that exact title, (b) press releases and coalition sign-on letters from groups like FRAC or FoodCorps, and (c) state government press pages for coalitions named in budgeting proposals such as New York’s Coalition for Child Care [3] [5] [1]. Those avenues are not covered in the current documents provided here.
Sources cited: New York Coalition for Child Care proposal [1]; FoodCorps state coalition reporting [2]; national advocacy coordination and SNAP/child nutrition letters [5]; federal bill texts for child care and farm-to-school [3] [4].