Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Title | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 235 |
Release | 2013-04-23 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309263476 |
For many Americans who live at or below the poverty threshold, access to healthy foods at a reasonable price is a challenge that often places a strain on already limited resources and may compel them to make food choices that are contrary to current nutritional guidance. To help alleviate this problem, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers a number of nutrition assistance programs designed to improve access to healthy foods for low-income individuals and households. The largest of these programs is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, which today serves more than 46 million Americans with a program cost in excess of $75 billion annually. The goals of SNAP include raising the level of nutrition among low-income households and maintaining adequate levels of nutrition by increasing the food purchasing power of low-income families. In response to questions about whether there are different ways to define the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a study to examine the feasibility of defining the adequacy of SNAP allotments, specifically: the feasibility of establishing an objective, evidence-based, science-driven definition of the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, as well as other relevant dimensions of adequacy; and data and analyses needed to support an evidence-based assessment of the adequacy of SNAP allotments. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy reviews the current evidence, including the peer-reviewed published literature and peer-reviewed government reports. Although not given equal weight with peer-reviewed publications, some non-peer-reviewed publications from nongovernmental organizations and stakeholder groups also were considered because they provided additional insight into the behavioral aspects of participation in nutrition assistance programs. In addition to its evidence review, the committee held a data gathering workshop that tapped a range of expertise relevant to its task.
Child and Adult Care Food Program
Title | Child and Adult Care Food Program PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 311 |
Release | 2011-06-06 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309158451 |
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federally-funded program designed to provide healthy meals and snacks to children and adults while receiving day care at participating family day care homes, traditional child care centers, afterschool facilities, adult care facilities, and emergency shelters. CACFP has the broadest scope of any of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food program, serving more than 3 million children and 114,000 adults across the nation. To receive reimbursement for the foods served, participating programs must abide by requirements set by the USDA. Child and Adult Care Food Program assesses the nutritional needs of the CACFP population based on Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) and makes recommendations for revisions to the CACFP meal requirements. The book outlines meal requirements that include food specifications that could be used for specific meals and across a full day, covering all age groups from infants to older adults and meal patterns designed for use in a variety of settings, including in-home care and in large centers. By implementing these meal requirements, consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain rich foods will increase while consumption of solid fats, added sugars, and sodium will decrease. Not only will this address the high prevalence of childhood obesity, it will also help to achieve consistency with the standards and regulations of other USDA nutrition assistance programs, particularly the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs. Child and Adult Care Food Program makes practical recommendations that would bring CACFP meals and snacks into alignment with current dietary guidance. The book will serve as a vital resource for federal and state public health officials, care providers working in child and adult day care facilities, WIC agencies, officials working with the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, and other organizations serving at-risk populations.
Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform
Title | Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council and Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 72 |
Release | 1999-06-10 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309184487 |
This report was prepared in response to a request from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It summarizes the discussions at a February 1998 workshop convened by the Committee on National Statistics; the Board on Children, Youth, and Families; and the Food and Nutrition Board. The fiscal year 1998 (FY1998) appropriations bill for USDA gave ERS responsibility for all research and evaluation studies on USDA food assistance programs. The bill provided $18 million to fund these studies, an increase from $7 million in FY1997. ERS asked the Committee on National Statistics for assistance in identifying new areas of research and data collection and in further improving the evaluation studies of food assistance programs. By bringing together many who work on evaluation of food assistance programs, policy analysis, survey methods, nutrition, child nutrition and child development, outcome measurement, and state welfare programs, the issues presented and discussed at the workshop provided ERS with information that could be used to develop a framework for their research program.
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, & Children
Title | Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, & Children PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Food and Nutrition Service |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 2 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Food relief |
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The use of supplemental foods by participants in the special supplemental food program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) (MS).
Title | The use of supplemental foods by participants in the special supplemental food program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) (MS). PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn Contri Keys |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994 |
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Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children
Title | Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Food and Nutrition Service. Supplemental Food Program Division |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 114 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Food relief |
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Special Summer Project: an Evaluation. Supplemental Food Program Expanded Nutrition Education Program Prepared by ...1969
Title | Special Summer Project: an Evaluation. Supplemental Food Program Expanded Nutrition Education Program Prepared by ...1969 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 354 |
Release | 1969 |
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