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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1994
This report is designed to provide members of Congress and the general public with information about the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), in light of the fact that a number of provisions of the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts are to be reauthorized during the current congressional term. It contains a description of the NSLP and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1979
The purpose of this study of food consumption in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of literature on plate waste in school foodservice and other institutional foodservice facilities, (2) report the results of a pilot study designed to determine the degree of plate waste in the NSLP and its…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Wheelock, Gerald C.; Warren, Ann Preyer – 1976
This study uses empirical analysis of the school lunch and breakfast programs as it has been implemented since 1972 in 28 north Alabama school districts to seek answers to a number of questions concerning the effects of an administration proposal to provide block grants to the states to design and implement their own child nutrition programs. The…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Midkiff, John; And Others – 1969
A review of the innovative and comprehensive educational programs in Alaska, funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is featured in this document. A brief sketch of the State of Alaska provides a basis of understanding of the rural education problems encountered in this large state. Each program instituted is discussed…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Boarding Homes, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. – 1973
The annual report (1972-73) of the Nevada Department of Education on the American Indian education program is concerned with the allocation of the Johnson O'Malley (JOM) Act funds, which enables the Bureau of Indian Affairs to contract with states and local school districts for the education of Indian children. At present, the JOM funds in the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports, Dropouts
Kohanski, Dorothy D. – 1970
This report evaluates an ESEA Title I 1970 summer program, conducted in and by the Passaic Public Schools (New Jersey), that enrolled 393 children in grades 2-6. The project aimed at improving the reading skills of the English speaking children and the English language skills of the non-English speaking children. Other aspects of the program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students
Young, Dennis – 1971
A number of criticisms of the National School Lunch Program are substantiated by a structural analysis within the general context of national child nutrition needs. The National School Lunch Program has been criticized principally on the ground of inadequate coverage of child nutrition needs, particularly for poor children. For the year 1968,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Childhood Needs, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Haglund, E. A., Comp. – 1961
Information for the second complete school year under the agreement between the Nevada Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the orderly and equitable termination of the Johnson-O'Malley Program in the State of Nevada is presented in this annual report. Termination, over a 5-year period, of the student transportation and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, American Indians, Annual Reports
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
McMillan, Daniel C.; Vigil, Herminia J. – 1993
The health and learning potential of Colorado's children are enhanced by the benefits of several child nutrition programs. The oldest and largest of these programs is the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which served an average of more than 268,000 meals per day in October, 1992. Other programs include the School Breakfast Program (SBP),…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
McMillan, Daniel C.; Vigil, Herminia J. – 1992
The health and learning potential of Colorado's children are enhanced by the nutritional benefits of several programs. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the oldest and largest. Unfortunately, 1980-81 budget cuts, price increases, and other factors caused a decrease in participation of over 40,000 children a day from the 1980 figure of…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Children's Rights Group, San Francisco, CA. – 1978
In recognition of the fact that food is an important step in the educational process and in order to generate new child nutrition programs in communities across the nation (especially in rural communities with significant numbers of migrant farmworkers' children), basic information is presented about four federally funded child nutrition programs.…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Advocacy, Day Care, Elementary Secondary Education
Laney, L. J. – 1969
Prepared by the director of Indian Education in Oklahoma, this 1968-69 annual report presents information and statistical data pertaining to each district supported by Johnson O'Malley (JOM) funds. Discussed in the narrative portion are the visiting coordinator program and its accomplishments, the basis on which JOM funds are allocated, the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Attendance Records, Bilingual Education
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Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1976
This preliminary review and analysis of Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) programs covers their activities during the fiscal year 1976. It is divided into two major program areas, Family Food Assistance and Child Nutrition. The Food and Nutrition Service was established in August 1969 to concentrate on the administration of Federal food programs.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Breakfast Programs, Child Care, Childhood Needs
Martin, Shara E. – 2001
This biannual report examines hunger in Ohio, providing current data about hunger programs and direct information from those who use these programs. An introductory section defines hunger and food insecurity and discusses how they are measured. The second section highlights national trends (by household composition, by household income, and…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Breakfast Programs, Child Health, Day Care
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