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A 2011 article in the Journal of Econometrics, "The impact of the National School Lunch Program on child health: A nonparametric bounds analysis", affirmed the nutritional advantages of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act but found that "children in households reporting the receipt of free or reduced-price school meals through the National School ...
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. [1]
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–296 (text)) is a federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2010. The law is part of the reauthorization of funding for child nutrition (see the original Child Nutrition Act). It funded child nutrition programs and free lunch programs in schools for 5 years. [1]
During the pandemic, Congress granted waivers to schools to allow cafeterias to serve free breakfast and lunch to all students, regardless of financial need. The National School Lunch Program ...
After the expiration of a federal program that provided funding for free meals for all students, nine states are picking up the tab for pupils’ breakfast and lunch.
For the 2021-2022 school year, all students were eligible to receive free school lunch and breakfast, regardless of their family’s income. This policy was instituted in 2020 during the pandemic ...
The children who may benefit the most from school feeding programs are in low-income countries that do not have government-provided school meals. School feeding in low-income countries often starts through funding by international organizations such as the United Nations World Food Programme, the World Bank, or national governments through ...
The Free School Lunch program was initiated in March 2020 as a response to the pandemic and gave 30 million kids free breakfast and lunch at school and during summer break, per the organization ...