Overview
- ERS conducts research and evaluation studies of child nutrition programs, whereas information about program eligibility requirements, benefits, and application process is available from the Food and Nutrition Service.
- USDA administers five major domestic food assistance
programs that exclusively or primarily serve the nutritional
needs of children:
- National School Lunch Program
- School Breakfast Program
- Child and Adult Care Food Program
- Summer Food Service Program
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.
- The child nutrition programs work individually and
in concert to provide a nutritional safety net for children
and together account for one-quarter of USDA's domestic
food and nutrition assistance outlays.
- In fiscal 2010, USDA spent $17 billion on these programs.
- In December 2010, Congress passed the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, which reauthorized child nutrition programs and made several program changes intended to improve program access and the qualty of meals and snacks served through these programs.
Highlights
Using Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs: FANRP Fiscal 2010 Awards
Economic Research Informing Implementation of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
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