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Download full textKara 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
