Primary impacts will fall on children in early care and education settings (birth through age 5), their parents and families, and the providers and programs that serve them. Early care providers will receive training and potentially grant funding to adopt practices that support healthy eating, physical activity, and to screen for and address food insecurity. States will be tasked with connecting early care programs to nutrition supports and monitoring grant-funded activities, which will increase administrative and data-collection responsibilities for State agencies and local licensors. Eligible organizations (nonprofits, child-care centers, Head Start programs, local educational agencies, and similar entities) can apply for 5-year competitive grants; successful grantees can expand services, buy equipment, run nutrition or activity interventions, and conduct family engagement work. The required national independent evaluation and State monitoring will generate data on effectiveness but also increase reporting burdens on grantees and States. If sustained funding is not continued after grant periods, some program gains could lapse; conversely, documented positive results could motivate further investment and broader adoption. Overall, the program aims to reduce food insecurity and improve early childhood nutrition and activity habits, which can have downstream benefits for child health and development.