NYC Alliance for Child Nutrition Reauthorization
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The Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) is important to New York City
What is this Bill?
In the next few months the federal government will reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act (CNA). This
legislation sets rules and funding levels for the major school-based nutrition programs, including the
School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Summer Food Service Program, and other
important federal food programs such as the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, infants and children (WIC).
Why is this bill important?
This is a once in five year opportunity. The 2009 Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act can help us
accomplish the following goals: achieve the Obama Administration’s goal of ending child hunger and
food insecurity; ensure a generation of healthy, productive, nutritionally-aware children; reduce energy
use and pollution; create jobs; and stimulate economic activity.
What are we doing to influence this bill?
Groups in New York City representing varying interests have formed an alliance to advocate for changes
to the 2009 Child Nutrition Reauthorization. We’ve established a consensus statement of priorities for
NYC in CNR, and a cohesive strategy to deliver our shared message reflected in this statement to policy
makers, the public, and other relevant parties identified. This alliance brings together various groups that
haven’t historically come together to advocate for changes and improvements to CNR.
Rationale
Nationwide, groups such as anti-hunger, nutrition and public health, food service and industry,
community food security groups and others are advocating for specific priorities in the 2009 Child
Nutrition Reauthorization. These groups have long recognized the importance of this legislation to their
constituencies and have a history of advocacy in this arena. Today, as we recognize the systemic nature of
our social problems and realize that they can better be addressed working together, groups are coalescing
across boundaries of interest to shape how this legislation will affect us all. Diverse groups in other cities
– including Seattle, Boston, Chicago, and LA – are organizing now to develop their collective priorities
for CNR. With the largest school district in the nation and large number WIC and CACFP participants,
NYC can be a very strong and influential voice for positive change within the Child Nutrition
Reauthorization. Especially in this time of fiscal crisis, increased hunger, and concern for children’s
health, we must take this opportunity to ask for increased federal funding and improvements to programs
that benefit New Yorkers.
NYC Alliance for CNR: Priorities for the 2009 Child Nutrition Reauthorization
Specific goals
Overall, the Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act must:
1) Make significant progress towards the goal of ending child hunger and food insecurity in America
by 2015;
2) Ensure that all children have access to high quality, nutritious foods, local whenever possible, in
their schools and through other child nutrition programs;
3) Reduce obesity and diet-related diseases and ensure productive, healthy generations; and

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4) Support and expand regional farm and food economies, increasing jobs, enhancing infrastructure,
and reducing unsustainable environmental impact.
Summary of the Three Key Strategies to Achieve Those Goals
1. Make federal child nutrition programs universal and more nutritious while reducing their
administrative paperwork and bureaucracy.
2. Give programs more resources and technical assistance to serve all children with nutritious food,
local whenever possible, produced in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner.
3. Make nutrition education available to all children and caregivers through child nutrition
programs.
Signed by the members of the NYC Alliance for CNR
Organizations
American Farmland Trust - NYS Office New York City Nutrition Education Network
Baum Forum / Public Market Partners (NYCNEN)
BedStuy Campaign Against Hunger New York State Dental Association
Brooklyn Rescue Mission No Doubt, Inc
Bronx Health REACH / NY CEED Nutrition Program, Teachers College Columbia
Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens University
Child Center of NY Public Health Solutions
City Harvest Queens County Farm Museum
Connecting to Advantages Red Hook Initiative
D'Artagnan Slow Food NYC
East Williamsburg CSA Small Ville Youth Club
FGE Food and Nutrition Team Society of Jesus, NY Province
Food Bank for NYC Staten Island Interfaith Coalition of Feeding
Harvest Home Farmer's Market, Inc. Ministries
Healthcorps Strategic Alliance for Health
Healthy Moon Telepan (restaurant)
Hour Children, Inc The Children's Aid Society
Hunter College, Program in Nutrition The Cleaver Company
Hunger Action Network of NYS (HANNYS) The Code Foundation
Hungry in America, LLC The Spotted Pig (restaurant)
Jean Georges Management, LLC The Sylvia Center
Just Food The What’s On Your Plate? Film Project
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House United Community Centers and East New York
LightBox Farms!
Livesip United Food and Commercial Workers Local
Montefiore School Health Program 1500
move on.org Urban Health Plan
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative Welfare Rights Initiative
(NESRI) Wellness in the Schools
New York Academy of Medicine West Side Campaign Against Hunger
New York City Coalition Against Hunger WHY Hunger
(NYCCAH) Xavier Mission