Community Nutrition: Government programs

CHIP

Childrens Health Insurance Program under XXI of SS Act provides health care coverage for children who are not low enough income to get Medicaid, for cannot afford private coverage eligibility: low income kids population: kids

CSFP

Commodity Supplemental Food Program

EPSDT

Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program

EFNEP

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

FMNP

Farmers Market Nutrition Program

DHHS Programs

Medicare Medicaid CHIP Elderly Nutrition Program Head Start Early Head Start Maternal and Child Health Program Early periodic screening, dx and treatment programs

USDA programs

NSLP SBP SNAP SNAP ED WIC After School Snack Team Nutrition Fresh F&V Program Special Milk Program Summer FS for Kids Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Nutrition Education and Training Program Commodity Supplemental Food Program Farmers Market Nutrition Program Seniors Famers Market Nutrition Program Emergency Food Assistance Programs

NSLP

National School Lunch Program funded and administered: USDA eligibility: income based population served: school age children provides children with reduced or free lunches at school if eligible lunches must meet the guidelines established by USDA offer vs serve

Nutrition Education and Training Program (NET)

Nutrition education program for food service workers, elementary and secondary teachers and kids funding and administered by: USDA

What program is USDA's largest food assistance program?

SNAP

SNAP

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly known as food stamps funded and administered by USDA eligible: income criteria population served: families and individuals who meet the income criteria provides monthly food allowances on an electronic benefits transfer card is the largest USDA food assistance Program

TEFAP

The Emergency Food Assistance Program

Maternal and Child Health Program

Title V of SS Act funds are used to reduce infant mortality and improve child and maternal health as well as locate, diagnose and treat kids with specific healthcare needs administered by Bureau of Maternal and Child Health of the Public Health

Medicaid

Title XIX of Social Security Act healthcare coverage for those who are mentally or physically handicapped, blind, indigent or low income funded by: state and federal administered by: state agencies population/eligibility: mentally or physically handicapped, blind, indigent or low income

Medicare

Title XVIII of Social Security Act national health insurance program provides healthcare coverage to those who are 65+ and have paid into social security for over 10 years, are disable or have kidney failure eligibility/population served: paid into SS for over 10 years and 65, disabled or kidney failure 4 parts administered and funded by: DHHA and HCFA

International Programs

WHO Food and Agriculture Organization

WIC

Women, infants and children supplemental nutrition program eligibility: must be below <185% of poverty line, be on Medicaid and be at nutritional risk population: pregnant women and breastfeeding up to 1 year, postnatal for 6 months and children up to 5 years old provides nutrition education, supplemental food and health care referrals for services funded and administered by USDA

WHO

World health organization improves children and maternal nutrition, primarily through the medical profession

Special Milk Program

administered and funded by: USDA provides free or reduced cost milk to children in camps and other childcare institutions that are not participating in other programs not based on income eligible: camps and childcare institutions not in another program and the kids that attend population served: school age children

Team Nutrition

administered and funded by: USDA eligible: all schools that participate in NSLP population: school staff, children (because will be taught by staff) program that provides training to food service staff on how to provide healthful lunches and provides training on how to give age appropriate nutrition education lessons about link between nutrition and physical activity and health

Why was NSLP started?

boys going into the military at age 18 were underweight

School Breakfast Program

encourages kids to eat breakfast, schools are realizing the benefits of eating breakfast: better attention, more willing to learn, less behavioral problems funded and administered: USDA eligibility: income of the family, free or reduced population: school age children schools are serving breakfast in the classroom, grab and go or after 1st period requirements for the breakfasts: 1 cup f or v, 1 serving whole grain rich grains, 1 cup milk fat free or 1% unflavored

Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

encourages seniors to increase fruits and vegetables intake funded and administered by: USDA population: low income older adults eligibility: over 60 years old, under 185% of poverty line

Famers Market Nutrition Program

encourages women and children to increase intake of fruits and vegetables by allowing them to purchase fruits and veggies at farmers market while promoting local farmers population served: women and infants over 4 months eligibility: eligible for WIC

Early Head Start

expansion of Head Start to children up to 3 years old and pregnant women provides breakfast, lunch, comprehensive health, education and social services eligibility: low income population: up to 3 year olds, pregnant women and their families administered and funded by: DHHS

FAO

food and agriculture organization encourages agricultural practices to reach maximum capacity to produce enough food so that it can be distributed to developing countries to improve their nutritional status

what are the 5 requirements schools must meet in order to be a part of NSLP:

food program is nonprofit program is accountable nutritional standards eligible children receive free or reduced lunch must participate in commodity food program

Offer vs serve

have to offer it to the kids, but they dont always have to take it are allowed to decline a certain number or amount of food components, which helps reduce waste and cost if they dont eat them anyway

SNAP Ed

optional nutrition education program that provides nutrition education to those who receive SNAP, to try to help those who receive SNAP make healthful choices with their benefits eligibility: those on SNAP population: the same as SNAP funding and administered by: USDA not available in every state

Fresh fruits and vegetables program

program that works to increase the intake of fruits and vegetables in schools funded and administered: USDA population: school aged children

After School Snack Program

program that works to provide healthful after school snacks to kids participating in educational or enrichment programs funded and administered: USDA eligible: income, same as NSLP population: school aged children is an expansion of NSLP

Summer FS for Kids

provided lunch during the summer to kids who are under 18, handicapped or participating in a sponsored program eligibility: the location of meal being served and meal being served must qualify population being served: kids under 18 and handicapped kids funding and administering: USDA no income criteria

Head Start

provides breakfast, lunch, comprehensive health, education and social services to low income 3-5 year olds, handicapped children and their families eligibility: low income population: 3-5 year olds, handicapped children and their families administered and funded by: DHHS

Early Periodic Screening, Dx and Treatment Programs

provides comprehensive and preventative health services for those under 21 administered by local health departments is mandated by Medicaid eligibility/population: under 21

Elderly Nutrition Program

provides lunch, nutrition education social services, transportation to elderly people over 60 and their caretakers or spouses includes congregate meals and home delivered meals eligibility: over 60 years old (no income guidelines) population: elderly

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

provides nutrition education to low income families who have children under age 19 eligibility: low income and have nutritional risk population: families with children under 19 funded and administered by: USDA

Commodity Supplemental Food Program

provides supplemental food to women and children who are under 85% of the poverty line but not eligible for WIC as well as elderly people over 60 and under <130% of poverty line eligibility: Income based: women and children under 85% but above 185% and elderly below <130% population: pregnant and postnatal women, kids up to their 6th birthday and 60+ year olds administered and funded by: USDA

Emergency Food Assistance programs

the state provides emergency food to food banks, who distribute foods to shelters, soup kitchens etc. population: low income seniors, includes homeless eligibility: income based funded and administered by: USDA

what two times do you want to write letters to try to pass a bill?

when it is in the standing committee and the chamber of the House or Senate