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School Meals and Other Child Nutrition Programs: Background and Funding. CRS Report R46234, Version 5. Updated

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Title: School Meals and Other Child Nutrition Programs: Background and Funding. CRS Report R46234, Version 5. Updated
Language: English
Authors: Billings, Kara Clifford, Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Source: Congressional Research Service. 2021.
Availability: Congressional Research Service. Web site: https://crsreports.congress.gov/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 54
Publication Date: 2021
Intended Audience: Policymakers
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Food, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Program Administration, Federal Government, State Government, Local Government, Eligibility, Breakfast Programs, Child Care, Summer Programs, After School Programs, Children, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Food Standards, Child Health, Compensation (Remuneration), COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Low Income Groups, Social Services, Wellness, Day Programs, Adults
Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Child Nutrition Act 1966, National School Lunch Act 1970, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act 2010
Abstract: The federal government has a long history of investing in programs for feeding children, starting with federal aid for school lunch programs in the 1930s. Today, federal child nutrition programs support food served to children in schools and a variety of other institutional settings. The child nutrition programs support meals and snacks served to children in schools, child care, summer programs, and other institutional settings in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. The programs are administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), which provides federal aid to state agencies (often state departments of education) for distribution to school districts and other participating institutions. This report starts with an overview of child nutrition programs' funding and then provides detail on each program, including a discussion of how the programs are administered at the federal, state, and local levels; eligibility rules for institutions and participants; nutritional and other program requirements; and recent policy changes.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: ED614205
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The federal government has a long history of investing in programs for feeding children, starting with federal aid for school lunch programs in the 1930s. Today, federal child nutrition programs support food served to children in schools and a variety of other institutional settings. The child nutrition programs support meals and snacks served to children in schools, child care, summer programs, and other institutional settings in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. The programs are administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), which provides federal aid to state agencies (often state departments of education) for distribution to school districts and other participating institutions. This report starts with an overview of child nutrition programs' funding and then provides detail on each program, including a discussion of how the programs are administered at the federal, state, and local levels; eligibility rules for institutions and participants; nutritional and other program requirements; and recent policy changes.