U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
Guaranteeing that low-income children have enough to eat and consume the right mix of nutritious foods is the aim of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP). These programs provide meals to children in almost all public schools as well as many private schools across the nation. On an average day in 2009, the NSLP and SBP served low-cost or free meals to 31.2 million and 11 million children, respectively. The NSLP also serves nutritious snacks to children participating in afterschool educational and enrichment programs.
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Did Responses to the Pandemic Improve Federal Efforts to Feed Children?
In February 2020, almost 30 million children in 94,000 schools across the country ate lunches provided through the federal National School Lunch Program; about 15 million children ate federally funded breakfasts at school.
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