M3 Chpt 4: U.S. Nutrition Monitoring & Food Assistance Programs

Question 1

Food Security/Food Secure

Answer 1

Access to enough food for an active, healthy life & includes the availability of nutritionally adequate & safe foods and the ensure ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways

Question 2

Food Insecurity/Food Insecure without Hunger

Answer 2

When the availability of nutritionally adequate & safe foods or the ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways is limited or uncertain

Question 3

Low Food Security/Food Insecure w/ Moderate Hunger

Answer 3

When there is reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet, without reduced intake

Question 4

Very Low Food Security/Food Insecure w/ Severe Hunger

Answer 4

When there is reduced intake and disrupted eating patterns (skipping meals) because there was not enough money for food

Question 5

Current Population Survey (CPS)

Answer 5

Annual survey of food security among a sample of people in the US

Question 6

Households are classified into one of four categories based on food security, these are

Answer 6

• Food security/food secure
• Food insecurity/food insecure w/out hunger
• Low food security/food insecure w/ moderate hunger
• Very Low food security/food insecure w/ severe hunger

Question 7

(T/F) Poverty/income is a contributing factor to food insecurity

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The Working Poor

Answer 8

• Those who spent at least 27 weeks of the year in the labor force whose incomes are below the official poverty threshold
• In the labor force – either working or looking for work

Question 9

After age 65, the probability of experiencing a year below the poverty line at some point is

Answer 9

40%

Question 10

Rates of food insecurity/hunger in the elderly depends on

Answer 10

• Household composition
• Household income
• Race and ethnicity
• Area of residence

Question 11

The 2 factors that contribute most to homelessness and hunger

Answer 11

• Unaffordable housing

- Low/lack of income

Question 12

Housing Wage

Answer 12

The amount a person working full time must earn to pay for a two-bedroom rental unit at a fair market rent w/out paying more than 30% of their income on rent

Question 13

_____ is the largest food assistance program in the US

Answer 13

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Question 14

Allotment

Answer 14

The amount of benefit each household could receive

Question 15

Households are expected to spend ___% of household income on food

Answer 15

30%

Question 16

What is the purpose of food distribution programs

Answer 16

To strengthen the food and nutrition safety net through commodity distribution and other nutrition assistance to low-income individuals and families

Question 17

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

Answer 17

• Works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 6 and elderly people at least 60 years old
• They do this by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods

Question 18

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

Answer 18

• Helps low-income households living on a reservation to maintain a nutritionally balanced diet
• Includes American Indian and non-Indian households on reservations
• Those who don’t have access to SNAP offices/other authorized food stores can use FDPIR

Question 19

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

Answer 19

• Purpose – To reduce costs of federal food inventories and storage and help poor people at the same time
• Formerly known as Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
• The amount each state receives from the USDA depends on its low-income and unemployed population
• Contributes to state agencies (food banks) -> agencies distribute foods to the public

Question 20

Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP)

Answer 20

• Purpose – to provide incentives to states and tribes for the effective delivery of nutritious meals to older adults
• 60 or older and their spouses
• Indian Tribe Offices (ITO)’s can choose an age below 60 for defining an older person

Question 21

Food Distribution Disaster Assistance

Answer 21

• Distribute commodity foods directly to households that are in need due to an emergency
• Takes place when normal commercial food supply channels (grocery stores) have been disrupted, damaged, destroyed, or cannot function (no electricity, etc.)
• The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – coordinates overall disaster relief efforts
• Under DHS

Question 22

The National School Lunch Program

Answer 22

• Lunch program and the School Breakfast Program – designed to improve children’s diet, nutrient intake, and well-being
• These meals make important contributions to children’s mental and physical development & have to meet requirements in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Most support from USDA comes from reimbursement for each meal served

Question 23

After School Snack Program

Answer 23

• Programs that meet eligibility requirements can receive reimbursement via the National School Lunch Program
• To be eligible - Have to provide children w/ regularly scheduled activities in an organized, structured, and supervised environment
• Designed to promote health and well-being of children and youth

Question 24

Special Milk Program

Answer 24

• Provides milk to children in schools, childcare institutions, and eligible camps
• Camps can’t participate in other federal child nutrition meal service programs
• Reimburses schools for milk served

Question 25

Summer Food Service Program for Children (SFSP)

Answer 25

Provides free meals during the summer to eligible children up to 18 from households with income at/below 130% of poverty guidelines

Question 26

Open Sites

Answer 26

• Sites that serve migrant children and certain types of summer camps
• They are open to all children who go to the site during meal service times
• Eligible for SFSP funding if it’s in an area where 50%+ of children are from low-income families

Question 27

Child and Adult Food Care Program (CACFP)

Answer 27

• Purpose – serve nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are enrolled for care at participating childcare centers, daycare homes, and adult daycare centers
• Also gives meals to children in homeless shelters and snacks to youths in after-school care programs
• USDA’s FNS administers CACFP through grants to states

Question 28

Special Supplement Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Answer 28

-Federally funded program that provides healthy supplemental foods and nutrition counseling for pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up to age 5

Question 29

Entitlement program

Answer 29

• Programs funded by congress for any person who qualifies due to level or income or other eligibility requirements
• Ex: SNAP

Question 30

Foods provided by the WIC program are high in one or more of these nutrients

Answer 30

• Protein
• Calcium
• Iron
• Vitamins A & C

Question 31

Eligibility Criteria for WIC

Answer 31

• Income is at or below 130% of US poverty income guidelines

- If they or their family members are in SNAP, Medicaid, or TANF

Question 32

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)

Answer 32

• Provides fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables to WIC participants & expand awareness, sales, and use of farmers’ markets
• Participants receive vouchers with their regular provisions
• They can use vouchers to buy produce at approved farmers’ markets
• Vouchers between $10-$30

Question 33

Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP)

Answer 33

• Operates in US, American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands (US and US territories)
• Provides community-based nutrition education programs designed to help individuals, families, and communities acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior needed to support health, economic, and social well-being
• Offered to families eligible for WIC & SNAP

Question 34

Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP)

Answer 34

• Funded by DHHS & AOA
• All seniors 60+ and spouses are eligible regardless of income
• Tribal organizations can set lower age
• Provides congregate meal program & meals on wheels for those who can’t go to congregate site
• Must provide one third of recommended dietary allowances

Question 35

Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)

Answer 35

• Purpose – provide low-income older persons coupons to purchase locally grown fresh, unprepared fruits, vegetables, and herbs at farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community-supported agriculture programs
• Eligibility - income no more than 130% poverty level and age 60+ (w/ some exceptions)

Question 36

Gleaning

Answer 36

Collecting leftover crops from farmers’ fields to gather the food they don’t sell

Question 37

Food Rescue

Answer 37

• AKA Food Recovery
• Gleaning edible food that would be wasted from restaurants, grocery stores, produce markets, etc. and distributing it to local emergency food programs