1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Access, Resources, and Education for Families Act or the CARE for Families Act . 2. Funds for community health partnership outreach Section 17(h) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786(h) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (15) Community health partnerships grants (A) Program established Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall carry out a grant program to make grants to local agencies and clinics to carry out activities to enhance collaboration between— (i) such local agencies and clinics and community health partners, including other health care providers, social services programs, and early childhood learning and care providers, for the purposes of— (I) establishing linkages between such entities, such as through participation in community coalitions; (II) facilitating referrals between such entities; (III) implementing evidence-based strategies to improve the health of communities, conduct outreach to eligible participants, and promote breastfeeding and access to healthy foods; and (IV) increasing awareness among such entities and program participants (including potential program participants) of the eligibility requirements for, and health benefits of, the program; and (ii) such local agencies and clinics and other health care providers, including pediatricians, obstetricians-gynecologists, family physicians, advance practice nurses, nurse midwives, community health centers, health departments, hospitals, and rural health clinics, for the purposes of— (I) facilitating and improving access to comprehensive prenatal, postnatal, and postpartum care for program participants; (II) facilitating certification of eligibility of persons for participation in the program and provision of program benefits at the hospital bedside for eligible postpartum women and infants; (III) improving the coordination, quality, and cost effectiveness of health care services