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Congress distributed the first grants for community learning centers in 1998. [7] Originally, grants lasted three years. Most centers held only academic programs, although a few held recreational programs as well. The early budget was about $40 million. [8] In 2001, The U.S. Congress expanded the 21st Century program through the No Child Left ...
(The Center Square) − Federal funding for 13 federal grants awarded to Louisiana schools is on pause following a sweeping directive issued by the Trump administration to freeze all federal ...
(The Center Square) − One week prior to end of President Joe Biden's administration, the U.S. Department of Education awarded Louisiana a total of $5.2 million in grants under Title III, aimed ...
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a type of United States federal assistance provided by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to states in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for an estimated 3.3 million children and 120,000 elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults [1] in non-residential, day-care settings.
The program serves as a go-between for schools and fresh produce vendors, allowing schools to order food directly from local growers, and allows schools to allocate some of their Food Distribution Program funds to fresh produce. [26] Schools involved in the DoA's FFVP are allowed to use funds from the DoD's FFVP in order to purchase fresh produce.
Louisiana's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly benefits -- via the Louisiana Purchase Card -- to eligible low-income individuals and families. According to the ...
In Louisiana, the Minimum Foundation Program is the formula that determines the cost to educate students at public elementary and secondary schools and defines state and local funding contributions to each district. Education officials often use the term "MFP" to refer specifically to the portion the state pays per student to each school district.
The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a paid summer youth work program in federally managed lands. The National Park Service, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management employ teens each summer to participate in the YCC. The YCC has introduced young Americans to conservation opportunities in public lands since ...