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Burghardt, John; Gleason, Philip; Sinclair, Michael; Cohen, Rhoda; Hulsey, Lara; Milliner-Waddell, Julita – US Department of Agriculture, 2004
This is Volume II of the report on the evaluation of the NSLP Application Verification Pilot Projects. It supplements Volume I, which presents the evaluation findings. Volume II has two objectives: (1) to provide a detailed description of the methods used to conduct the study; and (2) to present tabulations that supplement and extend the analyses…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Nutrition, Program Evaluation, Lunch Programs
Hess, Doug; Tingling-Clemmons, Michele – 2000
The federal government's key summer nutrition programs for low-income children are the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the SFSP is an entitlement program funding public and private non-profit organizations to serve nutritious meals…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs
Oglesby, David H. – School Business Affairs, 1980
Describes food service programs administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). (MLF)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs

Nicklas, Theresa A.; And Others – Journal of Health Education, 1994
Provides an overview of the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) Eat Smart School Nutrition Program, an elementary school health promotion program. The article examines components of the CATCH kitchen visits and intervention materials, including the School Meal Program Guide, Fat and Sodium Criteria, Recipe File Box, Vendor…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Cardiovascular System, Child Health, Dietetics

Croxford, Linda – Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on Theory and Practice, 2000
Examined the association between free meal entitlement (FME) and the socioeconomic characteristics of schools in Scotland using a national survey of school leavers (n=8,545). Results suggest that FME is an inconsistent measure of poverty and only a partial proxy for socioeconomic circumstances. (SLD)
Descriptors: Eligibility, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, High Schools
Mulheron, Joyal; Vonasek, Kara – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009
Studies show that childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Today, more than 23 million American children--or nearly one in every three--are overweight or obese. If childhood obesity is left unaddressed, a generation of individuals could face health, social, and economic challenges that promise to stress government…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Children, Child Health
Stone, Michael K. – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2007
This paper complements Fritjof Capra's paper in this issue, "Sustainable Living, Ecological Literacy, and the Breath of Life." It explores how concepts essential to ecological literacy can also guide strategies for overcoming barriers to introducing integrated, multidisciplinary pedagogy into school curricula. It examines how the crisis…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Barriers, Educational Strategies
Tufts Univ., Medford, MA. Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy. – 1994
New findings about child nutrition and cognitive development indicate that undernourished children are typically fatigued and uninterested in their social environments. Such children are less likely to establish relationships or to explore and learn from their surroundings. Undernourished children are also more susceptible to illness and, thus,…
Descriptors: Anemia, Breakfast Programs, Child Development, Child Health
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1991
This manual contains information for determining students' eligibility for free and reduced-price meals in the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the Commodity School Program. Guidelines are also offered for schools in the Special Milk Program, which serves free milk to eligible students. The manual describes general…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Bureau for Food and Nutrition Services. – 1995
The Healthy Meals for Healthy American Act of 1994 requires that a variety of meal-planning approaches be available for schools to plan menus. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulation "School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children," published in 1995, implements the provisions of the 1994 legislation and incorporates…
Descriptors: Child Health, Compliance (Legal), Computer Software Selection, Elementary Secondary Education
McMillan, Daniel C.; Vigil, Herminia J. – 1994
This report describes federal and state child nutrition programs in effect in Colorado elementary and secondary schools. Programs discussed include the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the School Breakfast Program (SBP), school breakfast start-up grants, the Special Milk Program, the Summer Food Service Program, and the Nutrition Education…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Zee, Paul; DeLeon, Marina – 1979
Preschool children from poor families in a black Memphis community, who had shown considerable nutritional progress since a food program was introduced in 1969, lost some of these gains during the 1974-1976 recession. These losses can be attributed to inflation and the high rate of unemployment among the blacks in this community. The unfavorable…
Descriptors: Blacks, Breakfast Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1975
This publication is a comprehensive record of testimony and exhibits presented to a subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the U.S. Senate during hearings on five proposed bills that would have extended and/or revised the various child nutrition programs financed by the federal government. The hearings were conducted on April…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Welfare, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
The Subcommittee met to examine the attitudes and the administration's response to the hunger and the malnutrition of farmworker children. Some questions asked were: (1) What programs had been developed to meet the food and nutritional needs of farmworker families? (2) Were they properly administered? If not, why not? (3) Were there sufficient…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Food Service
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1972
Contents of this booklet include: (1) Chronology of the School Lunch Issue: Events Preceding the School Lunch Act of 1946, the 1946 School Lunch Act, "The Needy Go Unnoticed: 1946-1962,""Sorry, No Money: 1962-1965"; (2) "Their Daily Bread"--A Step Toward Action; (3) Congress Takes Action: The Vanik Program--A First…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Resources, Federal Programs, Food Standards