Sec. 308. Changing Hearts, Attitudes, and Minds by Participating in Sports (CHAMPS) Program

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Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317T (42 U.S.C. 247b–22) the following: The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to eligible entities to carry out nationally based or community-based qualified childhood obesity prevention initiatives. To be eligible to seek a grant under this section, an entity shall be— a nationally based nonprofit organization proposing to implement programs described in subsection (c), each serving at least 1,000 individuals, at 5 or more locations across the Nation; or a community-based nonprofit organization proposing to implement a program described in subsection

(c)serving at least 1,000 individuals. To qualify as a childhood obesity prevention initiative eligible for funding under this section, an initiative shall consist of programs that— serve children or adolescents most at risk for being overweight and obese in predominantly economically disadvantaged communities; serve children or adolescents during after-school hours, weekends, or summer hours; provide structured physical fitness activities, including organized sports, which engage each participant in a minimum of 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity at least three days per week for a period of at least 24 weeks in a given year; provide adult supervision and guidance or coaches who encourage and teach proper exercise techniques and skills; combine physical fitness activities with nutritional counseling and education; and demonstrate measurable results for reducing childhood obesity on the part of participants, including through— measurement and study of participants’ moderate to vigorous physical activity

(MVPA)each day, both as part of the programs funded under this section and on the participants’ own initiative; increased knowledge of and awareness about the importance of physical activity and exercise as well as the nutritional value of food and beverage choices; keeping track of and reporting meaningful reductions in the consumption of food and beverages with low nutritional value, increased consumption of healthy items, and increased levels of unstructured, self-initiated physical activity outside of the programs funded under this section; and measurement and study of participants’ body mass index

(BMI)indicating that— children entering programs funded under this section with a healthy body mass index maintain it while participating in such programs; and children participating in such programs with an unhealthy body mass index halt any negative trend lines toward obesity or begin trend lines in a positive direction. In selecting among applicants for grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities proposing to carry out programs that will provide additional societal benefits, such as— effectiveness in working with programs for ethnic and racial minorities that are evaluated by independent, third-party evaluators; improvements to academic performance in school; character building and leadership development; gang and juvenile delinquency prevention and reduction; gender equality and female empowerment; mentoring, volunteerism promotion, and service-learning opportunities; family and community engagement and participation; workforce education and career development opportunities; or being inclusive of persons with disabilities. Of the amount made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award— not less than 25 percent of such amount to nationally based nonprofit organizations described in subsection (b)(1); and not more than 75 percent of such amount to community-based nonprofit organizations described in subsection (b)(2). With respect to the costs of a qualified childhood obesity prevention initiative to be carried out under this section— in the case of an applicant that is a nationally based nonprofit organization, a grant under subsection

(a)may be made only if the organization agrees to make available (directly or through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions toward such costs in an amount that is not less than one-fourth of such costs ($1 for each $3 of Federal funds provided in the grant). If a nationally based nonprofit organization chooses to provide grant funds received under this section to a subgrantee to carry out one or more programs as part of the organization’s qualified childhood obesity prevention initiative, the organization shall require the subgrantee to make available (directly or through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions toward the costs of such programs in an amount that is not less than one-third of such costs ($1 for each $2 of Federal funds provided in the grant). The amount of non-Federal contributions by subgrantees required under this paragraph is in addition to the amount of non-Federal contributions by the nationally based nonprofit organization required under paragraph (1). Non-Federal contributions required by paragraph

(1)or (2)— in the case of a nationally based nonprofit organization, shall be made in cash; and in the case of a subgrantee described in paragraph

(2)or a community-based nonprofit organization, may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the amount of non-Federal contributions required by paragraph

(1)or (2). Not later than one year after the first appropriation of Federal funds to carry out this section, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on the progress made in carrying out programs funded by grants under this section. Based on the results of programs funded through grants under this section during the first two fiscal years of such funding, the Secretary shall develop publicly accessible best practices guidelines for obesity reduction programs. The Secretary shall update these guidelines every two years. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019. .

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Changing Hearts, Attitudes, and Minds by Participating in Sports (CHAMPS) Program

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