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2. 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]

3. 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 ...

4. Best Practices in Interagency Collaboration Access to Food ...

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   The 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 sidebar on page one), authorizes ...

5. 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 ...

6. Access to Food for Homeless and Highly Mobile Students

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   The Act provides funding to local agencies for providing housing specifically for unaccompanied runaway and homeless youth. These funds support street outreach, short-term shelter, and longer-term transitional living and maternity group home programs that serve U.S. youth who run away from home, are asked to leave their homes, or become homeless.

7. School meal - Wikipedia

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   Free school meals in Finland are viewed as an investment for the future; the aim is to maintain and improve children's health, well-being, and learning. The school meal is used as a pedagogical tool for teaching table manners, food culture, nutrition, and healthy eating habits, as well as for increasing the consumption of vegetables, fruits and ...

8. Concentration of Public School Students Eligible for Free or ...

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   In the United States, 1 the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides eligible students with free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL). 2 The percentage of students in a school who are eligible for FRPL can provide a substitute measure for the concentration of low-income students in the school. 3 In this indicator, public schools (including both traditional and charter) are divided into ...

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

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   Every year in the Common Core of Data (CCD), NCES releases data on the number of students eligible for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) meal program that provides nutritionally balanced low-cost or free meals to children during the school day. The program was established under the National School ...