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Download full textKara 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
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Direct linkDreibelbis, Carol; Lee, Hunji – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2022
FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs). Summaries of recently completed research projects and in-progress research are provided in this article.
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Program Effectiveness, Federal Programs
Billings, Kara Clifford; Aussenberg, Randy Alison – Congressional Research Service, 2019
The federal child nutrition programs provide assistance to schools and other institutions in the form of cash, commodity food, and administrative support (such as technical assistance and administrative funding) based on the provision of meals and snacks to children. The programs provide financial support and/or foods to the institutions that…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food Service, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs
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
Hahn, Heather; Lou, Cary; Isaacs, Julia B.; Lauderback, Eleanor; Daly, Hannah; Steuerle, C. Eugene – Urban Institute, 2021
Public spending on children represents an effort to invest in the nation's future by supporting children's healthy development and human potential. To inform policymakers, children's advocates, and the general public about how public funds are spent on children, this 15th edition of the annual "Kids' Share" report provides an updated…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, State Aid, Children
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
"Kids Count in Colorado!" is an annual publication of the Children's Campaign, providing state and county level data on child well-being factors including child health, education, and economic status. Since its first release 20 years ago, "Kids Count in Colorado!" has become the most trusted source for data and information on…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1978
In this Congressional report, the child nutrition amendments of 1978 are described in terms of their legislative history, inflationary impact, and present revisions. The reasons and provisions for extending and expanding certain child nutrition programs under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 are explained. Reasons…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Care, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
