Federal food grants provide aid to many Americans. A federal grant supplies financial assistance to organizations or individuals providing a service that stimulates or supports societal growth. Federal agencies issue all grants, and a U.S. law supports the awarding of the grant. Funds are allotted from the general federal revenue. Over 40 federal grants, loans and government grants relate to food and nutrition.
Child and Adult Care Food Program
The Child and Adult Care Food Program provides grants to aid states in beginning and sustaining nonprofit food service programs. The food service programs must address the needs of elderly or impaired adults in nonresidential daycare programs, children in low-income areas participating in after-school care programs and children living in emergency shelters. The Department of Agriculture awards the grants, and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act authorizes them. Grants provide specific institutions with financial reimbursement for the cost of providing at least two meals and one snack a day to any of the people that fit the preceding program requirements. Applicants submit applications to the state or directly to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service if the state is not the program administrator. When awarded the grant, institutions enter into an agreement with the administering state or federal agency. Grants are renewable every three years or sooner.
National School Lunch Program
The National School Lunch Program is a formula grant authorized by the National School Lunch Act and issued by the Department of Agriculture. It awards cash and donations to ensure that all schoolchildren have access to a nutritious school lunch program. The National School Lunch Program grant reimburses beneficiary schools of the high school level or below for the cost of providing school lunches to all students. To apply for the National School Lunch Program, schools must commit to conducting a nondiscriminatory nonprofit food service program. Applicants must direct their applications to the state. The receiving school enters into a contract with the state agency or Food and Nutrition Service Regional Office for program participation. The grant is permanently renewable.
Special Programs for the Aging-Title III, Part C-Nutrition Services
The Department of Health and Human Services authorizes the formula grants responsible for the Special Programs for the Aging-Title III, Part C-Nutrition Services. The Special Programs for the Aging-Title III, Part C-Nutrition Services awards grants to states for programs that provide nutritious meals, nutrition education and other necessary nutrition services to older Americans so that they may lead a healthy life. Nutrition services may be provided in the home or a community setting. To be eligible for the grant, states must have an agency specifically dedicated to the aging as authorized by the governor and submit a state plan to the Federal Administration of Aging. Once awarded a grant, states receive funds based on a statutory formula. State plans last two, three or four years and may be revised annually as needed. The Older Americans Act of 1965, parts A and C, and many other Public Laws sanction these grants.
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