Food And Nutrition Programs Flashcards

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Commodity Food Donation / Distribution Program

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USDA

  • Provides foods to help meet nutritional needs of children and adults
  • strengthens the agricultural market for products produced by American farmers

-foods given to school lunch program, elderly feeding, Supp food programs

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Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

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USDA

  • has nutritional risk guidelines
  • low income pregnant, breastfeeding, postpartum womens, infants and children up to 6 years and some elderly at nutritional risk
  • Monthly commodity canned or prepackaged food
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National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

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USDA

  • improve nutrition of children, esp from low income family by providing school lunches
  • utilize surplus production of foods
  • Lunch must provide 1/3 of recommended intake for kcal, pro, vit A,C, Fe, and Ca
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School Breakfast Program

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USDA

-breakfast must provide 1/4 daily recommended intake of kcal, pro, vit A, C, Fe, Ca

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Special Milk Program

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USDA

  • to encourage consumption of milk by children
  • to provide subsidy of milk for children in participating schools, day cars and summer camps
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

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USDA

  • provides healthy meals and snacks to child and adult day cares
  • provides commodity foods and nutrition education materials
  • Free/reduced price meals to those eligible
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

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USDA

  • pregnant post-partum, breastfeeding women; infants and children up to age 5
  • Food for low income mother at nutritional risk
  • Provides food, nutrition education, and referrals to other agencies
  • health exam REQUIRED
  • NOT an entitlement program - cap on amt of federal dollars allocated
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Extension of Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

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USDA

  • Improve food practices of low income homemakers with young children by providing NUTRITION EDUCATION
  • trains nutrition aides to educate the public
  • works will small groups and teaches skills on shopping and cooking healthy
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Maternal and Child Health Block Grant

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DHHS

  • concerned with health of women of child-bearing age, infants, adn children
  • fosters public health nutrition programs at state and local levels
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Healthy Start

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Reduce infant mortality and improve health of low income women, infants, children and families

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Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP) - Older Americans Act Title III

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USDA

-Developed services to foster independent living with cash and commodities to state agencies

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Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP)

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DHHS

  • One hot meal/day 5 days/week to provide 1/3 recommended intake
  • eligibility: 60 and older plus spouse regardless of income
  • Congregate meals: ambulatory, transportation essential for elderly rural
  • Home delivered meals: meals on wheels
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP

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USDA

  • food stamps; assist low income families with monthly benefits
  • designed to increase purchasing power
  • least costly of 4 USDA food plans
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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DHHS
-Medicare: health insurance program; people over 65, any age with ESRD; employers and employees pay; Part A= hosp; Part B= private practice or anything outside of hospital benefits

-Medicaid: joint state and federal program; covers inpatien and outpatient hospital services; all eligible needy for all ages, blind, disabled, dependent children

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Headstart

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DHHS

  • low income children ages 3-5
  • Introduces new foods and teaches good food habits through child’s participation
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Quasi government agencies

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  • Receive federal AND private funds
  • American Red Cross
  • National Research Council – Food and Nutrition Board
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Grant program

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  • an award or financial or direct assistance; anyone can apply and usually lasts a few years
  • BLOCK grant from fed government – givent o state or local comunities for braod purpose as authorized by legislation
  • Steps to a Healthier US is a major federal level grant
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Entitlement program

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  • Requires payments of benefits to all eligible people as established by law; for a specific population who meet a certain income or other eligibility requirements
  • Ex: SNAP, Medicare
  • NOT WIC!!!!