|
Program |
Description |
State Administrative Agency |
FY 04 Population Served |
FY 04 Federal Dollars Spent |
|
Food Stamps |
Enables low-income families to purchase nutritious food. |
Department of Human Services |
23,854,000 individuals |
$27.2 Billion |
|
National School Lunch Program |
Provides low-cost or free nutritious lunch to children in school. |
Department of Education |
28,957,000 children |
$7.6 Billion
(includes commodities) |
|
Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
* Note: FMNP operates in only 36 states. |
Provides nutritious food, nutrition education, and referrals to health care to low-income, women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk.
Provides vouchers for WIC recipients to redeem at participating Farmers’ Markets |
Department of Health
Department of Human Services
Department of Health
Department of Agriculture |
7,904,000 women, infants and children |
$4.9 Billion
(includes food costs, nutrition services, administrative costs, and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program) |
|
Child and Adult Care Food Program |
Provides nutritious meals to children and elderly individuals in day-care settings. |
Department of Education
Department of Health |
3,005,000 children and adults
|
$2 Billion |
|
National School Breakfast Program |
Provides low-cost or free nutritious breakfast to children in school. |
Department of Education |
8,898,000 children |
$1.7 Billion
(cash payments only, does not include commodities) |
|
Summer Food Service Program |
Provides free meals and snacks to children through age 18 when school is not in session. |
Department of Education |
117,100,000 meals served
Individuals served not calculated. |
$262 Million |
|
Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
* Note: SFMNP operates in only 41 states. |
Provides low-income seniors with coupons that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs |
Department of Human Services
Department of Agriculture
Department of Aging
Department of Health |
800,000
seniors
(FY 03 participation number, FY04 participation number not yet released) |
$16.7 Million
(Congress appropriated $15 Million per year for FY02 – FY07) |
|
Special Milk Program |
Provides milk to children in schools and childcare institutions not participating in other child nutrition programs. |
Department of Education |
7,200 schools or childcare institutions
Individuals served not calculated. |
$14 Million |
|
Commodity Distribution Programs |
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The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) |
Makes commodity food available to State agencies, which in turn distribute the food to non-profit community agencies which assist low-income persons. |
Department of Human Services
Department of Education
Department of Agriculture |
533 Million Pounds Distributed
Individuals served not calculated. |
$417 Million |
|
Commodity Supplemental Food Assistance Program (CSFP)
*Note: CSFP operates in only 33 states. |
Makes commodity food available to State agencies, which in turn distribute the food to non-profit community agencies to help supplement the diets of low-income pregnant and new mothers, infants, children up to age six, and elderly. |
Department of Human Services
Department of Education
Department of Health
Department of Agriculture |
522,000 individuals |
$145 Million |
|
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) |
Provides commodity foods to low-income households, including the elderly, living on Indian reservations and to Native American families residing near reservations. |
Individual Tribal Authorities |
104,000 individuals |
$78 Million |
