Costs and participation
| Program name | Year begun | Fiscal year 2022 cost ($ millions) | Fiscal year 2022 participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | 1961 | 119,469.6 | 41.2 million participants per month |
| Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) | 1972 | 5,730.4 | 6.3 million participants per month |
| Child nutrition programs | |||
| National School Lunch Program (NLSP)* | 1946 | 22,640.4 | 4,870.0 million total lunches served |
| School Breakfast Program (SBP)* | 1966 | 6,372.4 | 2,544.0 million total breakfasts served |
| Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) | 1968 | 3,903.4 | 1,854.8 million total meals served |
| Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) | 1969 | 688.2 | 150.6 million total meals and snacks |
| Special Milk Program (SMP) | 1955 | 4.3 | 18.6 million total half pints served |
| State Administrative and Other Costs for Child Nutrition Programs | N/A | 1,569.7 | N/A |
| Other | |||
| Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer** | 2020 | 17,913.8 | N/A |
| Nutrition Assistance Program for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas (NAP) | 1982*** | 2,559.7 | N/A |
| The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) | 1981 | 1,158.7 | N/A |
| Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) | 1969 | 351.8 | 659.0 thousand participants per month |
| Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) | 1976 | 100.6 | 45.2 thousand participants per month |
| Nutrition Services Incentive Program**** | 1965 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Disaster Feeding | N/A | 76.2 | N/A |
| Administrative expenses (not elsewhere classified) | N/A | 159.3 | N/A |
| Total expenditures | N/A | 182,967.6 | N/A |
| Note: Fiscal year 2022 information is based on preliminary data from the October 2022 Program Information Report (Keydata) released by USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in January 2023, supplemented by additional information on Seamless Summer Option earnings and other child nutrition costs provided by USDA, FNS as of January 2023. Information on the year programs began (other than P-EBT) comes from the Annual Historical Review Fiscal Year 1997, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, September 1999. *Totals include expenditures on, and total meals served through, the NSLP or SBP’s Seamless Summer Option. **Also includes negligible SNAP expenses not categorized elsewhere. ***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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