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2. School meal programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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   These free or subsidized meals have the potential to increase household food security, which can improve children's health and expand their educational opportunities. [1] A study of a free school meal program in the United States found that providing free meals to elementary and middle school children in areas characterized by high food ...

3. Summer Food Service Program - Wikipedia

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   The Summer Food Service Program ( SFSP) began in 1968. It was an amendment to the National School Lunch Act. Today, the SFSP is the largest federal resource available for local sponsors who want to combine a child nutrition program with a summer activity program. [2] Sponsors can be public or private groups, such as non-profit organizations ...

4. NCES Blog | Understanding School Lunch Eligibility in the ...

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   Free and reduced-price lunch student: the total of free lunch students and reduced-price lunch students; Direct Certification. The number of students reported as categorically eligible to receive free meals to the USDA for the FNS 742. Students are categorically eligible to receive free meals if they belong to a household receiving the selected ...

5. Number and percentage of public school students eligible for ...

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   NOTE: The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a federally assisted meal program. To be eligible for free lunch under the program, a student must be from a household with an income at or below 130 percent of the poverty threshold; to be eligible for reduced-price lunch, a student must be from a household with an income between 130 percent ...

6. School meal - Wikipedia

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   A school meal (whether it is a breakfast, lunch, or evening meal) is a meal provided to students and sometimes teachers at a school, typically in the middle or beginning of the school day. Countries around the world offer various kinds of school meal programs, and altogether, these are among the world's largest social safety nets. [1]

7. What are the benefits of free school meals? Here's what the ...

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   Better health and more food security: A 2023 study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that children who received onsite meals and snacks provided by their child care ...