USDA
food and nutrition assistance programs, costs and participation,
fiscal 2008 |
Program name |
Year begun |
Cost ($millions) |
Participation |
Food stamp-related
programs |
|
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—formerly the Food Stamp Program
|
1961 |
37,524.5 |
28.4 million participants per month |
|
Nutrition Assistance Program for Puerto Rico, American Samoa,
and the Northern Marianas (NAP) |
19821 |
1,638.9 |
Not available |
Child nutrition
programs |
|
National School Lunch Program (NSLP) |
1946 |
9,292.5 |
28.7 million daily lunches served (average) |
|
School Breakfast Program (SBP) |
1966 |
2,358.2 |
9.8 million daily
breakfasts served (average) |
|
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) |
1968 |
2,398.5 |
1.9 billion total
meals and snacks served |
|
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) |
1969 |
323.7 |
131.1 million total
meals and snacks |
|
Special Milk Program (SMP) |
1955 |
14.9 |
86.0 million total
half pints served |
|
Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition Programs |
— |
234.7 |
— |
Supplemental
food programs |
|
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) |
1972 |
6,238.2 |
8.7 million participants
per month |
|
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) |
1969 |
158.1 |
475.3 thousand participants per month |
Food donation programs |
|
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) |
1981 |
281.2 |
Not available |
|
Nutrition Services Incentive Program2 |
1965 |
2.4 |
Not available |
|
Food Distribution on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) |
1976 |
96.1 |
90.1 thousand participants per month |
Disaster Feeding3 |
— |
.3 |
Not available |
Administrative expenses, n.e.c. |
— |
141.3 |
— |
|
Total expenditures |
— |
60,703.6 |
— |
— = Not applicable.
n.e.c. = Not elsewhere classified.
Notes: Information on program costs and participation come
from USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Program Information
Report (Keydata) September 2008, November 2008 (subject
to revision). Information on year program began comes from
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service,
Annual
Historical Review Fiscal Year 1997, September 1999.
1American
Samoa’s Nutrition Assistance Program started in 1994.
2Administered by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, (formerly known as the Nutrition Program
for
the Elderly).
3Administered by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA). |
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