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​Provides congregate and home-delivered meals and related nutrition services to older adults

​Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program

States in which region of the U.S. generally have higher-than-average rates of food insecurity?

​South

​Provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health care to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children up to 5 years determined to be at nutritional risk

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

A job that pays the minimum wage lifts a family above the federal poverty threshold.

False

As of 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defined a poverty-level income as $52,160 annually for a family of four.

False

​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

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

Farm-to-Cafeteria Initiatives

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 the ____.

Food Stamp 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

Children over five years of age whose families participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are automatically eligible to receive free meals in the ____.

National School Lunch Program

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 allotments?

Thrifty Food Plan

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

True

Food insecurity can lead to physical, social, and mental health problems, including over weight 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 several conditions necessary for a population to be healthy and well nourished.

True

Households with children experience food insecurity and hunger at a greater rate than households without children.

True

Poverty is defined as having too little money to meet minimum needs for food, clothing, and shelter.

True

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

children

The Summer Food Service Program for Children is offered in ____.

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

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

income at or below 185% of the poverty guidelines

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 to people who would otherwise go hungry is referred to as a ____.

prepared and perishable food program

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

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

state

What is the number one contributor to homelessness?

unemployment

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

whites

Approximately how many Americans participate in a USDA food assistance program annually?

​1 in 4

In 2013, _____ percent of the people in the United States lived in poverty.

​14.5

​National School Lunch Program

​1946

​Commodity Foods

​1961

​School Breakfast Program

​1966

​Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

​1972

​The Emergency Food Assistance Program

​1981

​Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Nutrition Education

​1986

​After-School Snack Program

​1998

In 2013, approximately ____ percent of all Americans age 65 and over were living below the poverty threshold.

​9

​Provides federal funds and USDA-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)

​Assists states in providing nutritious free or reduced-price lunches to eligible children

​National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

Of those children participating in the National School Lunch Program, approximately _____ receive their meal for free.

56%

Private food assistance programs exist to supplement the federal programs.

True

Purchasing locally produced foods protects the environment by reducing the use of fossil fuel and packaging materials.

True

​Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

1961

​Head Start

1965

​Older Americans Act Nutrition Program

1965

​Commodity Supplemental Food Program

1969

Hunger diminished as a serious problem in this country during the _____ as a result of the efforts of the food assistance programs.

1970s

​Food Distribution Disaster Assistance

1977

​Special Milk Program

1955

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

​Eligible individuals include all persons 60 years of age or older and their spouses

​Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program

​Households in which a child's meal size was reduced or one or more of the household members did not eat regularly are categorized as having ____ food security.

​very low

​Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

2002

It is estimated that on average, ____ of requests for emergency food assistance go unmet.

27%

Commodity Supplemental Food Program was formerly referred to as the Food Stamp Program.

False

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

Food insecurity is only a problem for those who are homeless or unemployed.

False

Generally, food pantries and soup kitchens are federally funded programs.

False

Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption is not a common problem among women participating in the WIC program.

False

​People who live with chronic hunger might have food available to them, but they are lacking in nutrients.

True

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

electronic benefits transfer cards

​The proportion of income spent on ____ by economically stressed families is used as the basis for the current poverty thresholds.

food

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

garden seeds

Meals on Wheels is the nation's largest supplier of surplus food to food banks.

False

Since 2000, there has been a gradual downward trend in the percentage of Americans living in poverty.

False

The Emergency Food Assistance Program was designed for disaster relief purposes.

False

The federal government is the only entity concerned with food insecurity.

False

Typically, the northeastern states have rates for food insecurity and hunger that are higher than the national average.

False

What action is recommended for improving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's ability to meet the needs of low-income households?

Improve and expand outreach about the program.

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

Those living below the poverty threshold experience food insecurity and hunger at nearly three times the national average.

True

​Ensures that children in lower-income areas continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session.

​Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

​Allotments are based on household size, income, assets, housing costs, work requirements, and other factors

​Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

​Improves the diets of low-income households by increasing their food purchasing ability

​Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

​Improves the health of children by having school meals reflect federal dietary guidelines

​Team Nutrition

​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)

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

​gleaning

​The most compelling single reason for food insecurity is ____.

​poverty

In the mid-1990s, welfare reform legislation changed the welfare system from a work-based system to an income-support-based system.

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

​Households with no problems, or anxiety about, consistently accessing adequate foods are experiencing ____ food security.

​high

Congress first established the federal government's authority to buy and distribute excess food commodities during the ____.

1930s

The elimination of food insecurity and the reduction of poverty are within our nation's reach.

True