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Child Nutrition SNAP
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Food and Nutrition
Background Background on Food and Nutrition
Latest News
HNR: Senate Passes Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill (8/11/10) HNR: Child Nutrition Legislation Advances in the House (7/26/10) HNR: 37 Senators and 153 Reps. Vote to Deny UI to 2 Million; And Those Who Vote No Endanger State Aid, Youth Jobs, and TANF Emergency Funds (7/2/10) Blog post by Melissa Boteach and Sophie Milam on Latinovations: As School Ends, Hunger Begins (6/15/10) FRAC Statement: House Releases CNR Plan (6/10/10) HNR: Action on Child Nutrition Reauthorization in the Senate (3/29/10) => More News
Policy Analyses and Research
CBPP: WIC Food Package Should be Based on Science: Foods with New Functional Ingredients Should be Provided Only If They Deliver Health or Nutritional Benefits (6/4/10) Children's HealthWatch: Healthy Families in Hard Times: Solutions for Multiple Family Hardships (June 2010) FRAC Issue Brief for Child Nutrition Reauthorization: How Competitive Foods in Schools Impact Student Health, School Meal Programs, and Students from Low-income Families (June 2010) FRAC: Highlights of the House Bill for Child Nutrition Reauthorization (6/11/10) FRAC: SNAP/Food Stamps Participation in January 2010 Hits New Record: 39.4 Million Persons (4/2/10) For state-by-state analysis click here. Urban Institute: WIC Income Eligible Children by Congressional District and State (3/23/10) CAP: Doing What Works to End U.S. Hunger: Federal Food Programs Are Effective, but Can Work Even Better (March 2010) CBPP: The Food Stamp Dependent Care Deduction: Help for Families with Child Care Costs (March 2010) => More Policy Analyses and Research
Government Resources
Status and text of H.R. 3010 the Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (signed into law 12/30/05) Status and text of H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (The budget reconciliation bill approved by the House 11/18/05) Bipartisan Letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Asking Not to Cut Food Stamps (9/7/05) Letter from 68 House Members to Chairman Goodlatte in Support of Food Stamp Program (7/28/05) Senate Appropriations Committee: S. Rept. 109-92 Agriculture Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (6/27/05) => More Government Resources
One in six Americans is in a struggle against hunger December 8, 2009
