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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: Charts

General Overview of Programs

•	USDA food and nutrition assistance programs, costs and participation, fiscal 2010
•	USDA expenditures on food assistance programs, fiscal 1980-2011

Child Nutrition Programs (other than WIC)

•	Meals served in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, fiscal 1980-2010
•	Certification status of average daily school lunch participants, fiscal 1969-2010
•	Certification status of average daily school breakfast participants, fiscal 1969-2010
•	Average daily attendance in CACFP child care homes and centers, fiscal 1989-2010
•	Meals served in CACFP child care homes and centers, fiscal 1989-2010
•	Summer Food Service Program distribution sites and average daily attendance in July, 1989-2010
•	After School Snacks served annually through NSLP After School Snack Program, FY 2003-2010

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program)

•	SNAP/FSP participants, people in poverty, and unemployed people, 1980-2010
•	Average monthly SNAP/FSP benefits per person, fiscal 1980-2010
•	Distribution of SNAP/FSP participants by age and year
•	Number of SNAP/FSP households with earnings and welfare benefits, fiscal 1989-2010
•	Number of SNAP/FSP households with children, elderly or disabled members, fiscal 1989-2009
•	Share of SNAP/FSP households with children, elderly or disabled members, fiscal 1989-2010
•	SNAP/FSP participants and eligible people, fiscal 1994-2008
•	SNAP/FSP participation rates by group, fiscal 2000-2008
•	Number of SNAP/FSP households by household composition, fiscal 1989-2009
•	Share of SNAP/FSP households by household composition, fiscal 1989-2009
•	Reduction in child poverty from food stamps is greatest among the poorest

WIC

•	Average monthly participation in WIC, fiscal 1980-2010
•	Children 1-4 years old account for nearly half of WIC participants, April 2008
•	Hispanics make up the largest percentage of WIC participants (42 percent) in 2008

For more information, contact: Victor Oliveira

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Updated date: February 28, 2012