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Kara Clifford Billings – Congressional Research Service, 2025
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 settings. This report starts with an overview of child nutrition programs' funding…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Food
Kara Clifford Billings – Congressional Research Service, 2023
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. This report starts with an overview of child nutrition programs' funding structure and then provides detail on each program,…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Child Health
Billings, 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
Adams, Gina; Todd, Margaret – Urban Institute, 2020
As this paper was being written, school systems across the country were increasingly announcing plans for full or partial distance learning to respond to COVID-19, and it seems likely that more school systems may implement these plans should the pandemic surge in the fall or winter. As a result, working parents with school-age children are faced…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Child Care, Employed Parents
PDF pending restorationLangford, Barbara Hanson – 2000
Noting the importance of good nutrition to out-of-school time programs serving children, this strategy brief provides an overview of the major sources of federal food and nutrition funds that can support out-of-school time and community school programs. The brief then highlights five strategies that community leaders and program developers can…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Breakfast Programs, Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Hall, Bryan – 2003
Despite the importance of breakfast, summer, and after-school child nutrition programs, coverage in these programs in Massachusetts is low. This report describes the barriers facing the states School Breakfast, Summer Food Service, and After-School Snack Programs and suggests many innovative solutions and resources that program sponsors can use to…
Descriptors: After School Programs, At Risk Persons, Breakfast Programs, Case Studies


