School Nutrition Program Timeline

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  • The Milk Program

    Provides children stricken with poverty with milk in order to secure beneficial nutrients and vitamins.

  • Free and Reduced Lunch

    This program allows low-income children to get lunch for free or at a significantly less price.

  • Summer Food Service Program

    This program makes sure that low-income children get food over summer break when there is no school.

  • The Breakfast Program

    This provides students with breakfast at a free or reduced price. This program ensured that students would get at least two substanial meals daily.

  • Department of Defense Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Program

    This allows schools to purchase fruits and vegetables through the USDA's entitlement dollars.

  • Let's Move! Program

    This program was created to address the rising rate of child obesity. This focused on the health of food given to children, and it also encouraged physical activity.