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Download full textBillings, Kara Clifford – Congressional Research Service, 2021
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…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Food
Wood, James – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2011
From 2009 to 2010, the Community Food Security Coalition advocated for more federal support and funding for farm-to-school programs as Congress considered reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act. Farm-to-school initiatives aim to improve the quality and healthfulness of student meals through the inclusion of more fresh fruits and vegetables provided…
Descriptors: Food Service, Nutrition, Food Standards, Advocacy
Direct linkKarolak, Eric – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
The weak economy is challenging the child care program budget. Fluctuations in enrollment come up against rising costs making every penny count. So for many reasons a federal program that helps defray the costs of snacks and meals in child care programs is particularly important and timely. In this article, the author pushes for the…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Federal Programs, Food Standards, Costs
Ralston, Katherine; Newman, Constance; Clauson, Annette; Guthrie, Joanne; Buzby, Jean – US Department of Agriculture, 2008
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation's second largest food and nutrition assistance program. In 2006, it operated in over 101,000 public and nonprofit private schools and provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a Federal cost of $8 billion for the year. This report provides…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, National Programs, Nutrition, Program Costs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1981
This General Accounting Office (GAO) report examines the problems encountered by school food service programs in their efforts to meet the Department of Agriculture's nutrient requirements for school lunches while increasing student participation and reducing food waste and program costs. The report is based on an evaluation of two senior high…
Descriptors: Food Service, Food Standards, High Schools, Lunch Programs
Association of School Business Officials International, Reston, VA. – 1987
School food service should be considered a vital aspect of school operations, not an appendage to the educational program. This handbook revolves around the federal Child Nutrition and National School Lunch program serving about 24 million pupils daily in over 90 percent of the nation's 89,200 public schools. The booklet helps explain various…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Childhood Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1994
This report discusses amendments offered by the Committee on Agriculture to H.R. 8, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act, which reauthorizes and improves the nutrition programs under the National School Lunch (NSL) Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. The amendments deal with: (1) the amount of commodities provided to schools under the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Food Service
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1994
These hearings transcripts present discussions on amendments offered by the Committee on Education and Labor to H.R. 8, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, which will reauthorize and improve the national school lunch program and the child nutrition programs under the National School Lunch (NSL) Act and the Child Nutrition Act of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Food Service
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
This publication reports the considerations of a subcommittee to which was referred H.R. Bill 1139 to amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 in order to extend and revise the food service program. The bill would extend through 1982 three child nutrition programs whose authorizations are expiring at the end of…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1994
This report discusses amendments offered by the Committee on Education and Labor to H.R. 8, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act, which reauthorizes and improves the nutrition programs under the National School Lunch (NSL) Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Thirteen amendments to the NSL Act deal with: (1) technical assistance to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of School Administrative Services. – 1976
The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 as amended provides cash and food assistance to local school systems for breakfast programs to help them improve diets of young people. These guidelines for planning the school breakfast are intended to help food service directors, supervisors and managers plan breakfast menus that will provide 1/4 to 1/3 of the…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Welfare, Eating Habits, Food Standards
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1975
The Declaration of Purpose of this Act states that in recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and good nutrition and the capacity of children to develop and learn, based on the years of cumulative successful experience under the national school lunch program with its significant contributions in the field of applied nutrition…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Educational Programs
Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC. – 1978
In 1972 the School Breakfast Program was revised and made available to all schools in the country. The program also provides meal subsidies, surplus commodities, and equipment money. This guide is designed to help community members become aware of the programs and their benefits and to organize local school lunch and breakfast campaigns. The guide…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Citizen Participation, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
