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Title: School Meals and Other Child Nutrition Programs: Background and Funding. CRS Report R46234, Version 15. Updated
Language: English
Authors: Kara Clifford Billings, Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Source: Congressional Research Service. 2025.
Availability: Congressional Research Service. Web site: https://crsreports.congress.gov/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 62
Publication Date: 2025
Intended Audience: Policymakers
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Food, COVID-19, Pandemics, Federal Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Summer Programs, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Child Health, Eligibility, Food Standards, Adults, Children, Standards, After School Programs
Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: National School Lunch Act 1970, Child Nutrition Act 1966, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act 2010
Abstract: 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 settings. This report starts with an overview of child nutrition programs' funding structure and then provides detail on each program, including a discussion of how they are administered, eligibility rules for institutions and participants, nutritional and other program requirements, and recent policy changes. Changes to child nutrition programs that occurred in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are summarized in this report.
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