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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Three witnesses gave testimony at this hearing on restoring $150 million in entitlement funding to Federal child nutrition programs. They were Ernest Morial, Mayor of New Orleans, representing the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Task Force on Joblessness and Hunger; Faith Gravenmier, representing the American School Food Service Association; and Lynn…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
The first witness in this hearing was the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, Department of Agriculture, who presented the Reagan Administration's 1984 budget proposals for cuts in child nutrition programs. The proposals included changes in the school lunch program, a freeze on the funding level of the WIC program, elimination of…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Breakfast Programs, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div. – 1997
At the request of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, this investigation identified state and local school food authorities' (SFA) management and operating practices recognized as best practice by the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) or other officials. In addition, the study determined whether some of these practices could be…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Children, Computers, Delivery Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 2001
These hearing transcripts recount testimony before Congress on proposals to work with recipient governments and communities to establish a preschool and school feeding program in developing countries. Of particular focus in the hearing was the infrastructure needed to implement the program effectively and the roles of government agencies,…
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Elementary Schools, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1982
Prepared for joint hearings on the impact of the proposed budget cuts on programs affecting children, these background materials describe the main programs which serve children in five general areas. These areas are health services for mothers and children, child nutrition programs, aid to families with dependent children, day care and other child…
Descriptors: Adoption, Block Grants, Breakfast Programs, Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. – 2002
Noting the significant increase since 1990 in food-borne illnesses affecting school children, these hearings transcripts provide testimony on the safety of federal school lunches. Statements by Senator Richard Durbin and Representatives Stephen Horn, Janice Schakowsky, and Carolyn Maloney emphasized the array of federal agencies with various food…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Child Safety
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1984
This report documents hearings concerning H.R. 7, amending the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1963. This bill (the text of which is included) proposes to make permanent five child nutrition programs: the Women, Infants, and Children Feeding Program (WIC); the Commodity Distribution Program; the Summer Feeding Program;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Block Grants, Budgeting, Camping
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
Problems facing vocational education and child nutrition programs if proposed funding cuts take effect were detailed by vocational educators and nutrition specialists at a regional hearing of the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education in Ashland, Kentucky, March 13, and Lexington,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Breakfast Programs, Children, Early Childhood Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1984
Testimony is given in this report from two hearings concerning reauthorization of the nonentitlement child nutrition programs: the Women, Infants, and Children Feeding Program; the Summer Food Service Program; Nutrition Education and Training (NET); State Administrative Expenses, and authority for section 32 commodities. At the March 12, 1984…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Breakfast Programs, Budgeting, Camping
