Sec. 2. Findings; sense of the Senate

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Congress finds the following: Too many children still live in poverty. Not all children in need are benefitting from existing quality programs. This compromises their ability to be healthy, to do well in school, and to raise healthy families themselves. Poverty is a vicious cycle, but it can be broken. Many factors contribute to poverty and poor economic, health, and educational outcomes, including unaffordable housing, an unlivable wage, and unsafe housing and communities. Education and good health are keys for economic and social success.

Economically, poverty predicts most of the poor educational and health outcomes, while poor health and low educational outcomes tend to predict poverty. It is the sense of the Senate that the programs most critical to improving child well-being should be fully funded, including— the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ); the State Children's Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Program ( 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq. ); the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ); the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ); the child and adult care food program established under section 17 of the Richard B.

Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1766 ); the emergency food assistance program established under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7501 et seq. ); the temporary assistance for needy families program established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ); the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program under section 511 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 711 ); the Early Head Start and Head Start programs under the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq. ); the Family and Child Education program; school-based health centers programs; programs under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq. ); programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. ); programs under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ); school meal programs; and housing assistance programs.

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