Community Nutrition - Exam 2; Table 10-4

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP); 1968; USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

- Purpose(s): Assist adults and youth with limited resources in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of the total family diet and nutritional well-being.

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program; 2001; USDA, FNS

- Purpose(s): Provide resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community- supported agriculture programs to low- income seniors; increase the domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding or aiding in the expansion of these domestic agriculture programs; and develop or aid in the developmentof new and additional farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community-supported agriculture programs.

Afterschool Snack Program in the NSLP; 1998; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Assist school-based after- school educational or enrichment programs in providing healthful snacks to children through age 18; an expansion of the NSLP

School Breakfast Program; 1966; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Assist states in providing nutritious breakfasts to children. Free and reduced-price meals must be offered to eligible children.

National School Lunch Program (NSLP); 1946; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Assist states in providing nutritious free or reduced-price lunches to eligible children.

Special Milk Program; 1955; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Encourage fluid milk consumption by children

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP); 1968; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Ensure that children in lower-income areas continue to receive nutritious meals during long school vacations, when they do not have access to school lunch or breakfast. All meals are served free to eligible children.

Older Americans Nutrition Program, formerly known as the Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP); 1965; DHHS, AOA

Purpose(s): Improve the dietary intakes and nutrition status of participating older adults and to offer them opportunities to form new friendships and create informal support networks.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/ SNAP (formerly Food Stamp Program); 1961; USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

Purpose(s): Improve the diets of low-income households by increasing access to food/ food-purchasing ability.

Commodity Supplemental Food Program(CSFP); 1969; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Improve the health and nutrition status of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year postpartum, infants, children up to age six, and older adults at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods.

Team Nutrition; 1995; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Improve the health of children by having school meals reflect federal dietary guidelines.

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP); 1968; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Improve the quality and affordability of daycare for low-income families by providing nutritious meals and snacks to children and to adults who receive care in nonresidential adult daycare centers, providing meals to children residing in homeless shelters, and providing snacks and suppers to youth participating in eligible after-school care programs.

SNAP Nutrition Education (SNAP-Ed, in some states called Family Nutrition Program); 1986; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Increase the likelihood that those eligible for SNAP benefits will make healthful choices on a limited budget and choose active lifestyles consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Head Start/Early Head Start (EHS); 1965/1994; DHHS, Administration for Children and Families

Purpose(s): Increase the school readinessof young children in low-income households. Also, to promote healthy prenatal outcomes, enhance the development of infants and toddlers, and foster healthy family functioning.

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP); 2002; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Introduce children to fresh fruits and vegetables. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 authorized the pilot program, and the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill) amended the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act by adding the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program, allowing for the nationwide expansion of the program.

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR); 1976; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Provide commodity foods and nutrition education to improve the dietary quality of low-income households, including older adults, living on Indian reservations, and of Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations.

WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program; 1992; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Provide fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables to WIC recipients and expand the awareness, use of, and sales at farmers' markets.

Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP); 1978; DHHS, Administration on Aging (AOA) (with financial support from USDA)

Purpose(s): Provide incentives to states and tribes for the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older adults.

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); 1972; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Safeguard the health of low- income women, infants, and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program(TEFAP); 1981; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Supplement the diets of low-income needy persons, including older adults, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance.

Food Distribution Disaster Assistance (Food Assistance in Disaster Situations); 1977; USDA, FNS (Disaster Feeding Situations are administered by DHS's Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA].)

Purpose(s): Supply food to disaster relief organizations such as the Red Crossand the Salvation Army for mass feedingor household distribution in a disaster situation such as a storm, earthquake, civil disturbance, or flood.

Commodity Foods; 1961; USDA, FNS

Purpose(s): Support American agricultural producers by providing cash reimbursements for meals served in schools; provide nutritious, USDA-purchased food for the NSLP, CACFP, and SFSP.