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National School Lunch Program: USDA Could Enhance Assistance to States and Schools in Providing Seafood to Students. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-23-105179
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Morris, Steve D. – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
USDA helps millions of children from low-income households access healthy meals by purchasing food, including seafood, for the NSLP. USDA-purchased foods represent about 15 to 20 percent of the food served in the NSLP. According to the DGA, programs, such as the NSLP, can play an essential role in providing access to healthy meals. This can help…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Food, Nutrition, Government Role
Healthy Start: Preliminary Results from National Evaluation Are Not Conclusive. United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Requesters.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1998
Healthy Start is a 5-year program that encourages community-based strategies for reducing infant mortality. This report addresses Congressional concerns of preliminary evaluation results reported by the press concerning the program's efficacy. The report strives to answer three Congressional concerns: (1) the plan for the national program…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Programs
Caring for New Mothers: Pressing Problems, New Solutions. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session (October 24, 1989).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1990
A hearing was held to consider problems women face in obtaining preventive care or early comprehensive prenatal care. Testimony concerned: (1) the Public Health Service Expert Panel's report on prenatal care; (2) Los Angeles' critical shortage of maternity care providers; (3) new research from Detroit that suggests that even when prenatal care is…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth Weight, Demography, Drug Abuse
Healthy Schools, Healthy Children, Healthy Futures: The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Health through the Schools. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate.
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Cohen, William S.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1992
Presents testimony by representatives from several federal agencies and one national organization (W. S. Cohen, C. Levin, P. Vidmar, J. M. McGinnis, L. J. Kolbe, B. J. Nelsen, D. Ravitch, and M. Corry). (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Disease Control, Early Intervention
Legislative Base: Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant: Title V of the Social Security Act. Compilation of Maternal and Child Health Legislation, 1912-1996.
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Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Maternal and Child Health Services. – 1996
This publication is a compilation of maternal and child health and related laws enacted since 1912. It is designed as a ready reference for understanding Title V state programs and Title V discretionary project grant programs. The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program has operated as a federal-state partnership for more than 70 years. This…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs