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2. Food and Nutrition – National Center for Homeless Education

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   The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-265) expands federal child nutrition programs in several ways to assist homeless, migrant, foster, and runaway children and youth by providing: Automatic eligibility for free school meals. Streamlined procedures for documenting eligibility. Full school year eligibility for free ...

3. School meal programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. In the United States, school meals are provided either at no cost or at a government-subsidized price, to students from low-income families. 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]

4. 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 ...

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

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   Direct certification is the process by which children are certified for free meals based on household participation in one or more means-tested federal assistance programs--such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)--without the need for a household application. 4 Imputation for survey nonresponse. State-level imputations for ...

6. Access to Food for Students Experiencing Homelessness

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   runaway youth.The McKinney-Vento ActThe McKinney-Vento Act authorizes the federal EHCY program. The purpose of the EHCY program is to ensure that. children and youth experiencing homelessness have access to a free, appropriate public education. The McKinney-Vento Act establishes the educational definition of a homeless child or youth (see the ...

7. NCES Blog | Free or reduced price lunch: A proxy for poverty?

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   Between 2000-01 and 2012-13, the percentage of children eligible for a free/reduced price lunch increased from 38 percent to 50 percent, an increase of 12 percentage points. In contrast, the percentage of public school children who lived in poverty increased from 17 to 23 percent, an increase of 6 percentage points.

8. Distributing School Meals | National Center on Safe ... - ed

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   Headquarters. 1400 Crystal Drive, 10th Floor. Arlington, VA 22202-3289. +1.800.258.8413 | ncssle@air.org. The contents of the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments Web site were assembled under contracts from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools to the American Institutes for Research (AIR ...

9. Kids' meal - Wikipedia

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   The kids' meal or children's meal is a fast food combination meal tailored to and marketed to children. Most kids' meals come in colorful bags or cardboard boxes with depictions of activities/games on the bag or box and a toy inside. [1] [2] Most standard kids' meals comprise a burger or chicken nuggets, a side item, and a soft drink.