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An official report for supplemental food program managers, administrators, and policy makers prepared by the US General Accounting Office provides a brief overview of USDA's Temporary Emergency Food Asssistance Program (TEFAP) at the federal and state levels, including the criteria and methods used to allocate and distribute TEFAP commodities and funds. Views of selected states are included on the appropriateness of USDA's procedure for allocating such commodities and funds among states, and on the perceived potential effects that the continuance of the TEFAP might have on states. Attention also was directed to the commodity of cheese as it relates to the TEFAP. Ancillary information and data are included in 3 appendices concerning the distribution of commodities to the needy under the TEFAP, states' issues relating to TEFAP, and the amount of cheese allocated to and received by states during fiscal year 1986.
Author : National Research Council Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 235 pages File Size : 22,40 MB Release : 2013-04-23 Category : Medical ISBN : 0309263476
For many Americans who live at or below the poverty threshold, access to healthy foods at a reasonable price is a challenge that often places a strain on already limited resources and may compel them to make food choices that are contrary to current nutritional guidance. To help alleviate this problem, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers a number of nutrition assistance programs designed to improve access to healthy foods for low-income individuals and households. The largest of these programs is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, which today serves more than 46 million Americans with a program cost in excess of $75 billion annually. The goals of SNAP include raising the level of nutrition among low-income households and maintaining adequate levels of nutrition by increasing the food purchasing power of low-income families. In response to questions about whether there are different ways to define the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a study to examine the feasibility of defining the adequacy of SNAP allotments, specifically: the feasibility of establishing an objective, evidence-based, science-driven definition of the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, as well as other relevant dimensions of adequacy; and data and analyses needed to support an evidence-based assessment of the adequacy of SNAP allotments. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy reviews the current evidence, including the peer-reviewed published literature and peer-reviewed government reports. Although not given equal weight with peer-reviewed publications, some non-peer-reviewed publications from nongovernmental organizations and stakeholder groups also were considered because they provided additional insight into the behavioral aspects of participation in nutrition assistance programs. In addition to its evidence review, the committee held a data gathering workshop that tapped a range of expertise relevant to its task.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce Publisher : Page : 88 pages File Size : 27,22 MB Release : 2004 Category : Health & Fitness ISBN :