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Appendix F: Selected Food Program Descriptions and Websites
Pages 223-228

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... provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and nonbreastfeeding postpartum women, and for infants and children up to age 5 years who are found to be at nutritional risk. WIC food packages and nutrition education are the principal means by which WIC affects the dietary quality and habits of participants.
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From page 224...
... Schools or institutions may serve pasteurized fluid types of unflavored or flavored whole milk, low-fat milk, skim milk, and cultured buttermilk. Schools that participate in the NSLP or SBP may also participate in the Special Milk Program as a way to provide milk to children in half-day prekindergarten and kindergarten programs where they do not have access to the school meal programs (USDA/FNS, 2009b)
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From page 225...
... Sponsors provide free meals to children at a central site, such as a school, a community park, or a community center. PROGRAMS RELEVANT TO BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS Low-income households of child and/or adult participants in CACFP may benefit from participation in the following programs, among others: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly • the Food Stamp Program1)
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From page 226...
... Meals must provide at least one-third of the Dietary Reference Intakes for older adults and must meet the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans. To do so, guidance was most recently provided in a Nu trition Service Providers Guide for Older Adults (HHS/AoA, 2006)
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From page 227...
... 2010f. Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
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