Costs and participation
| Program name | Year begun | Fiscal year 2021 cost ($ millions) | Fiscal year 2021 participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNAP and WIC | |||
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | 1961 | 113,804.0 | 41.5 million participants per month |
| Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) | 1972 | 4,998.7 | 6.2 million participants per month |
| Child nutrition programs | |||
| National School Lunch Program (NLSP) | 1946 | 5,833.7* | 9.5 million participants per school day |
| School Breakfast Program (SBP) | 1966 | 2,082.5* | 5.4 million participants per school day |
| Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) | 1968 | 3,768.7 | 1,852.7 million total meals served |
| Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) | 1969 | 10,657.8 | 3,048.5 million total meals and snacks |
| Special Milk Program (SMP) | 1955 | 3.0 | 14.3 million total half pints served |
| State Administrative and Other Costs for Child Nutrition Programs | N/A | 6,077.9 | N/A |
| Other | |||
| Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer** | 2020 | 28,255.4 | N/A |
| Farmers to Families Food Box Program*** | 2020 | 3,030 | 73.1 million total boxes distributed |
| Nutrition Assistance Program for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas (NAP) | 1982**** | 2,090.8 | N/A |
| The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) | 1981 | 1,354.1 | N/A |
| Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) | 1969 | 300.3 | 661.1 thousand participants per month |
| Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) | 1976 | 113.1 | 48.0 thousand participants per month |
| Nutrition Services Incentive Program***** | 1965 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Disaster Feeding | N/A | 0.06 | N/A |
| Administrative expenses (not elsewhere classified) | N/A | 148.5 | N/A |
| Total expenditures | N/A | 182,516.8 | N/A |
| Note: Fiscal year 2021 information is based on preliminary data (subject to revision) from the January 2022 Program Information Report (Keydata) released by USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in April 2022 and information provided by USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Spending on FNS programs includes USDA bonus foods. Information on the year other programs began comes from the Annual Historical Review Fiscal Year 1997, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, September 1999. *An additional $4,477,136,970 was spent across both programs for meals served through the NSLP and SBP’s Seamless Summer Option in the last 3 months of fiscal year 2021 (July-September). In total, combined NSLP and SBP expenditures amounted to $12.4 billion. **Also includes negligible SNAP expenses not categorized elsewhere. ***Administered by the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service. ****American Samoa's Nutrition Assistance Program started in 1994. *****Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. N/A = Not applicable. |
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