budget bill recently introduced to Congress to cut the funding for the school lunch program in half: Cut the funding for the school lunch program? Just a few short years ago this subject was unthinkable‚ but today’s dismal economy and spiraling national debt are forcing our legislators to boldly go where few lawmakers have dared to tread― to consider budget cuts that may directly affect many of our once “sacred” entitlement programs. For example‚ on April 18 of this year the House Agriculture Committee
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The Problem with the National School Lunch Program The National School Lunch Program began the year after the second World War. During the war‚ many draftees were not able to enlist‚ because they repeatedly failed their health exams‚ due to malnourishment. This caused the government to realize that the general population were not receiving enough nutrition. This realization is what led to the development of the idea for The National School Lunch Program‚ that was put into effect in 1946. This program
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National School Lunch Program‚ these children will mature into prosperous adults. This federal policy is a key factor in America’s school system and also a big component in farm policy and farm policy analysis. Farmers are happy and children’s stomachs are full due to the National School Lunch Program. The National School Lunch Program was passed into law by President Truman in 1946. The program provides free or low-cost school lunch meals to those who qualify for them. This program was created
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disturbs me that nearly half of the world’s population lives on less than $2 per day (Anderson & McFarlane‚ 2011). In our community of Hampton Roads‚ more than 87‚700 children are eligible to participate in reduced price or free lunch programs at area public schools (Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia‚ 2013). Studies have shown that children who suffer from food insecurity also endure adverse effects on their physical‚ behavioral and mental health‚ development‚ and academic achievement (Foodbank
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States’ school lunch entitlement program. In briefly analysing the history of free lunch within the United States‚ we develop a framework which suggest that we should compare school lunch programs on the basis of funding‚ nutritional value added‚ cost and participation. Brief History of free and reduced lunch in the U.S. In 1946‚ the 79TH congress of the United States of America passed the “Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.” The law‚ which created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
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National School Lunch Program Do you like affordable food? What about a healthy meal? “A starving child is a frightful sight‚ ” says Anne Rice during an interview. Some would say that school meals taste‚ smell‚ and look gross‚ but the meals are balanced so that every one is healthy like in the My Plate on www.letsmove.gov. The National School Lunch Program should continue in schools because it helps low-income families‚ the meal is healthy‚ and the school benefits from the funds. The National
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The Food and Nutrition Service administers the program at the Federal level. At the State level‚ the National School Lunch Program is usually administered by State education agencies‚ which operate the program through agreements with school food authorities. 2. How does the National School Lunch Program work? The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in over 101‚000 public and non‐profit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides
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Nation School Lunch Program Steven Daehn Steven Daehn Mrs. Smith Professional Communications -6 18 November 2014 The National School Lunch Program The National School Lunch Program (NSLP)‚ as promoted by First Lady Michelle Obama‚ has come under scrutiny because of the increase in costs to public schools. An investigative report by a Cincinnati TV station finds that the government ’s new school lunch requirements championed by First Lady Michelle Obama are wasting $4 million a day
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Federal Programs such as social security‚ Medicare‚ Medicaid and school lunch. Social security set up economic security for millions of Americans retirees‚ disabled persons‚ and families of retired‚ disabled or deceased workers. Social security established in the United States in 1935 in the year 1965 Social Security Amendments which established Medicare and Medicaid‚ promising that they would "improve a range of health and medical services for Americans of all ages. The National School Lunch Program
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the breakfast and lunch school from what we have? It is important as parents are very concern about what their children have at school for breakfast and lunch. This topic is become sensitive and brought it up to majority by the First Lady‚ Michelle Obama at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria‚ Virginia as she claimed that she was worried about the food at school as she tried to prepare healthy food for her children (Nixon‚ 2012.) Moreover changing the breakfast and lunch program can come from many
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