USDA food and nutrition assistance programs, costs and
participation, fiscal 2010
|
|
Program name
|
Year begun
|
Cost
($millions)
|
Participation
|
| Food
stamp-related programs |
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-formerly the
Food Stamp Program |
1961
|
68,179.5
|
40.3 million participants
per month
|
| Nutrition Assistance Program for Puerto Rico, American Samoa,
and the Northern Marianas (NAP) |
19821
|
2,048.5
|
Not available
|
| Child nutrition
programs |
| National School Lunch Program (NSLP) |
1946
|
10,458.0
|
29.3 million daily lunches served
(average)
|
| School Breakfast Program (SBP |
1966
|
2,843.4
|
10.8 million daily breakfasts served
(average)
|
| Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) |
1968
|
2,633.8
|
1.9 billion total
meals and snacks served
|
| Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) |
1969
|
356.7
|
134.2 million total
meals and snacks
|
| Special Milk Program (SMP) |
1955
|
11.9
|
72.1 million total
half pints served
|
| Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition Programs |
-
|
388.6
|
-
|
| Supplemental food
programs |
| Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) |
1972
|
6,756.5
|
9.2 million participants
per month
|
| Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) |
1969
|
203.2
|
518.9 thousand participants per
month
|
| Food donation
programs |
| The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) |
1981
|
467.9
|
Not available
|
| Nutrition Services Incentive Program2 |
1965
|
1.0
|
Not available
|
| Food Distribution on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) |
1976
|
92.8
|
84.6 thousand participants per
month
|
| |
| Disaster Feeding3 |
-
|
0.0
|
Not available
|
| Administrative expenses, n.e.c. |
-
|
151.7
|
-
|
| Total expenditures |
-
|
94,810.8
|
-
|
|
- = 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 2010, December 2010 (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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