| PROGRAM |
DESCRIPTION |
REGULATION |
| Nutrition Programs |
| Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) |
CACFP provides reimbursement for healthy meals and snacks served to children receiving day care in centers, homes, congregate meals in homeless shelters, children in the After School Snack Program, and adults in centers. In 2001, 4,630 children in Headstart, child care centers, and family day homes received up to two nutritious meals and a snack daily through this entitlement program. |
Title 7
CFR 226 |
| National School Lunch Program (NSLP) |
NSLP provides reimbursement for nutritious lunches providing 1/3 of the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) served to children attending public or private non-profit schools or residential child care institutions. It also provides funds for snacks served to children in the After School Snack Program. |
Title 7
CFR 210 |
| School Breakfast Program (SBP) |
SBP provides reimbursement for nutritious breakfasts providing ¼ of the RDA served to any child attending a public or non-profit school or residential child care institution. In the 1999-2000 school year, the SBP provided 2,516,578 meals to 19,611 DC school children in 27 School Food Authorities. |
Title 7
CFR 220 |
| Special Milk Program (SMP) |
SMP provides funds on a reimbursement basis to serve milk to children in schools and child care institutions that do not participate in other federal child nutrition meal service programs, primarily private, religious schools. In October 2000, over 300 children in six local schools received 6,242 milks through this program. |
Title 7
CFR 215 |
| Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) |
SFSP provides reimbursement for free, nutritious meals served to low-income children in programs during summer when school is out or at diverse sites including schools, community centers, churches, or camp. In 2000, the SFSP served 1,451,680 lunches and 689,675 breakfasts to over 20,000 DC children in summer recreation, educational, and enrichment programs by 11 sponsors operating 234 sites. |
Title 7
CFR 225 |
| Commodity Distribution and Processing Programs |
| Commodity Processing Program (CPP) |
CPP provides an opportunity for private processors to process and distribute designated donated foods to eligible recipient agencies that purchase processed end products at substantially reduced prices. This program enables the District to economically and efficiently convert its thousands of pounds of commodity flour, for example, into bread, rolls, hot dog and hamburger buns, and other bread products for use in the school lunch program. |
Title 7
CFR 252 |
| Food Distribution Program (FDP) |
This federal program provides commodities to schools participating in the National School Lunch Program. The commodity entitlement is based on the number of lunches served. For the 1999-2000 school year, the District of Columbia received and utilized a total of 2,303,507 pounds of commodities, 2,209,644 of which were entitlement commodities, and 93,863 of which were bonus commodities. |
Title 7
CFR 251 |
| The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) |
TEFAP provides surplus agricultural commodities to thousands of charitable institutions, soup kitchens, school food authorities, and food banks through the country that serve needy persons. In 1999-2000, DC had 24 lead agencies and 54 sub-sites in the bag distribution program, and 40 lead agencies and 79 sub-sites in the onsite feeding program. Together these programs served approximately 425,000 District households and distributed 1,042,873 pounds of commodities. |
Title 7
CFR 251 |
