Quiz 10

As of 2015, the US department of Health and Human Services defined as poverty-level income for a family of four as how much annually

$52,000

Approximately how many Americans participate in a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) food assistance program annually?

1 in 4

When was the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program started?

1961

When was the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program passed?

1965

When was the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program started?

2002

Of those children participating in the National School Lunch Program, approximately what percentage receive their meals for free?

56%

In 2013, approximately what percentage of all Americans age 65 and over were living below the poverty threshold?

9%

Which program provides federal funds and United States Department of Agriculture donated foods to nonresidential child care and adult day care facilities and to family day care homes for children?

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

The community food security strategies that help local farmers sell fresh fruits and vegetables directly to school meal programs, hospitals, and worksites are called what?

Farm to Cafeteria Initiatives

Which entity is concerned with food insecurity?

Federal, State, and Local government

Which was designed for disaster relief purposes?

Food Distribution Assistance

Which program is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)?

Food Distribution Disaster Assistance

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was formerly referred to as what?

Food Stamp Program

Which program provides congregate and home delivered meals and related services to older adults?

Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program

Which program's eligible individuals include all persons 60 Years or older and their spouses?

Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program

States in which region of the United States generally have higher than average rates of food insecurity?

South

Which program provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health care to low income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children put to five years determined to be at nutritional risk?

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Which program ensures that children in lower income areas continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session?

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

Which program improves the diets of the low income households by increasing their food purchasing ability?

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Which programs allotments are based on household size, income, assets, housing costs, work requirements, and other factors?

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Which concept serves as the food guide for a nutritious diet at a minimal cost and is used as the basis for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allotments?

Thrifty Food Plan

Financial eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is determined by what?

income at or below 185% of the poverty guidelines

Those living below the poverty threshold experience food insecurity and hunger at nearly what fraction of the national average

1/3

The Summer Food Service Program for Children is offered in what kind of communities?

Communities where 50% or more of the children are from households with incomes at or below 185% of the poverty guidelines

When did welfare reform legislation change the welfare system from a work based system to an income supported based system?

Early 2000s

Which program was designed to reduce the level of government held surplus commodities while supplementing the diets of low income needy persons including elderly people through provision of commodity foods to food banks?

Emergency Food Assistance Program

Which community food security strategy helps families save money by pooling their resources such as money and labor to buy food in bulk quantities at reduced costs?

Food-buying cooperatives

Which program assists states in providing nutritious free or reduced price lunches to eligible children?

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

Which program improves the health of children by having school meals reflect federal dietary guidelines?

Team Nutrition Program

Which program assists adults and youth with limited resources in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets?

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

In what way are the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits dispersed to participants?

electronic benefits transfer cards

Currently the benefit allotments for those participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are sufficient to meet the nutritional needs of the family

false

Generally food panties and soup kitchens are federally funded programs

false

As a result of the welfare reform law initiated in the mid-1990s, which people make up the major target group for job placement and training?

single women with children

What is the largest single ethnic group participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)?

white people

In 2013, what percentage of the people in the United States lived in poverty?

14.5%

Congress first established the federal government's authority to buy and distribute excess food commodities during which decade?

1930s

When was the National School Lunch Program started?

1946

When was the Special Milk Program started?

1955

When was the Head Start Program started?

1965/1994

When was the School Breakfast Program started?

1966

When was the Commodity Foods Program started?

1969

Hunger diminished as a serious problem in this country during which decade as a result of the efforts of the food assistance programs?

1970s

When as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children started?

1972

When was the Food Distribution Disaster Assistance Program started?

1977

When was the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Nutrition Education started?

1986

When was the Team Nutrition Program started

1995

Children over five years of age whose families participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are automatically eligible to receive free meals in which program?

National School Lunch Program

Which demographic group makes up 45% of the participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?

children

Government aid programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are required to use the official federal poverty measure as their eligibility criterion

false

Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption is not a common problem among women participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

false

Since 2000 there has been a gradual downward trend in the percentage of American's living in poverty

false

Ultimately the goal of food assistance programs is to improve the food security, nutritional status and health of Americans by providing free food to the masses

false

The proportion of income spent on what by economically stressed families is used as the basis for the current poverty thresholds ?

food

Meals on Wheels is the nations largest supplier of surplus food to whom?

food banks

What do households with children experience at a greater rate than households without children?

food insecurity and hunger

Purchasing locally produced foods protects the environment by reducing the use of what?

fossil fuel and packaging materials

What items can be purchased with benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

garden seeds

The harvesting of excess food from farms, orchards, and packing houses to feed the hungry is referred to as what?

gleaning

Households with no problems or anxiety about consistently accessing adequate foods are experiencing what kind of food security?

high

Which is the most compelling single reason for food insecurity?

location

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program was formerly referred to as which?

none of the above (WIC, FDPIR, SNAP, TEFAP)

Typically which states have rates for food insecurity and hunger that are lower than the national average?

northeastern

For whom is food insecurity a problem?

poor, unemployed, and homeless

The most compelling single reason for food insecurity is which?

poverty

Which is defined as having too little money to meet minimum for food, clothing, and shelter?

poverty

A nonprofit program that helps feed people in need by linking sources of unused, unsaved cooked and fresh food with social service agencies that serve meals topple who would otherwise go hungry is referred to as what?

prepared and perishable food program

A job that pays the minimum wage affects a family income by ____ the federal poverty threshold

remaining at

Under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, who determines the eligibility of needy families and the benefits and services those families will receive?

state

Building community food security requires understanding how communities interact with resources in their physical and social environments over extended periods of time

true

The elimination of food insecurity and the reduction of poverty are within our nations reach

true

What is the number one contributor to homelessness?

unemployment

Households in which a child's meal size is reduced or one or more of the household members does not eat regularly are categorized as having what kind of food security?

very low

When was the After School Snack Program started?

1998

It is estimated that on average, what percentage of requests for emergency food assistance go unmet?

27%

Food insecurity can lead to physical, social, and mental health problems including overweight and obesity

true

Food insecurity rates are higher than average in households with children that are headed by a single mom

true

Food security is one of the several conditions necessary for a population to be healthy and well nourished

true

People who live with chronic hunger might have food available to the but they are lacking in nutrients

true

Private food assistance programs exist to supplement the federal programs

true

The Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP) provides incentives for efficient delivery of nutritious meals specifically to older adults

true

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves both a remedial and a preventive role

true