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10.552 SPECIAL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN (Nonschool Food Program)

FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPART

MENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: National School Lunch Act, as amended; Public Law 90-302; 42 U.S.C. 1751-1760.

OBJECTIVES: This program provides commodities and cash grants to assist states to initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit food service programs for children in service institutions, to improve the nutritional status of both preschool and school age children. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Sale, Exchange, or Donation of Property and Goods. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Federally appropriated Special

Food Service Program for Children funds are available to reimburse eligible institutions (day-care centers, settlement houses, recreation centers, and day camps) for food purchased for up to 3 complete meals and 2 supplemental meals daily. Financial help is also available to buy or rent necessary equipment. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Public and nonprofit private institutions such as day-care centers, settlement houses, and recreation centers that provide day care for children from low income areas, or from areas with many working mothers may apply and also institutions providing day care for handicapped children.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Institutions approved for participation must operate a nonprofit food service for all children regardless of race, color, or national origin; serve meals which meet minimum requirements as prescribed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and supply free or reduced price meals to children unable to pay the full charge. Such recipients will be designated on a uniform, equitable basis by the service institution, without being identified or discriminated against in any way. Credentials/Documentation: Public and private nonprofit service institutions which are exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, may be eligible to participate. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None.

Application Procedure: Institutions should apply directly to the state educational agency. In states where state law prohibits the state educational agency from administering the program to any service institution, the application will be referred to the appropriate Food and Nutrition Service regional office.

Award Procedure: When application is approved, institution makes agreement with appropriate agency on a fiscal year basis. Deadlines: None.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Agreements are effective upon approval of the state educational agency or Food and Nutrition Service regional office, where applicable, and are effective until the following June 30.

Appeals: None. State educational agencies and Food and Nutrition
Service regional office, where applicable, are responsible for
determining an institution's eligibility.
Renewals: Annually as of July 1.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Formula grant. Federal funds are apportioned to states to provide assistance to participating

service institutions. Any funds made available by the state agency or the Food and Nutrition Service regional office, where applicable, to service institutions for the purchase or rental of equipment shall be upon the condition that the service institution shall bear at least one-fourth of the purchase or rental cost of equipment financed. Each state shall be apportioned not more than $50,000, as a basic grant. In addition, from the funds remaining after the basic grants have been made, each such state shall be apportioned an amount which bears the same ratio to such remaining funds as the number of children in that state aged 3 to 17, inclusive, in families with incomes of less than $3,000 per annum bears to the total number of such children in all such states.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: For the period covered by the agreement. The act authorizes program on a 3-year pilot basis beginning with fiscal year 1969.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Service institutions file monthly reports on program operation to claim for reimbursement for meals served. If applicable, a claim for equipment rental or purchase must also be filed.

Audits: Service institutions are subject to periodic audits by state agencies or the U.S. Department of Agriculture in states which do not have an audit program, to assure proper utilization of program funds. Records: Service institutions must maintain full and accurate records of its food service operation for a period of 3 years and 3 months after the end of the fiscal year to which they pertain and for 5 years after the end of the fiscal year to which they pertain for records on the cost of equipment and the use of nonfood assistance funds.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-34-3539-0-1-702.

Obligations: (Grants and value of commodities) FY 70 $7,258,000;
FY 71 est $20,775,000; and FY 72 est $20,775,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Average Federal
assistance is $0.20 per meal.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1970, 321,465 children participated in the program and for fiscal year 1971 it is estimated that 650,000 children will participate.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: "Food for Children," (FNS-8), no charge for this pamphlet; Part 225 Special Food Services Program for Children regulations (35 F.R. 6255).

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: See the Food and Nutrition Service Regional Offices listed in the appendix.

Headquarters Office: Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone: (202) 962-1627.

RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.555, National School Lunch Program; 10.556, Special Milk Program for Children; 10.557, School Breakfasts; 13.600, Child Development - Head Start; 49.005, Emergency Food and Medical Services.

10.553 SCHOOL BREAKFASTS

FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF AGRICULTURE
AUTHORIZATION: Child Nutrition Act of 1966; 42 U.S.C. 1773(a);
as amended by Public Law 90-302; 82 Stat. 119; 42 U.S.C. 1776.
OBJECTIVES: To provide breakfasts to improve child nutrition.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Sale, Exchange, or
Donation of Property and Goods.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Federally appropriated school breakfast program funds are available to reimburse public and nonprofit private schools for breakfasts meeting the requirements as established by the Secretary of Agriculture and which are served to children of high school grade and under. Program regulations provide for a Federal reimbursement rate of up to $0.15 per breakfast served or the cost of locally purchased foods, whichever is the lesser. In areas of severe need where all or nearly all of the children are in need of a free or reduced price breakfast, Federal assistance can total up to 80 percent of the operating costs. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Schools drawing attendance from areas in which poor economic conditions exist and schools to which attending children must travel a long distance receive primary consideration and, if funds permit, other schools may participate. Beneficiary Eligibility: All children attending schools in which the breakfast program is operating may participate. Breakfast is served free or at a reduced price to children who are determined by local school authorities to be unable to pay the full price. Children who are able to pay the full price are expected to do so. Credentials/Documentation: Public schools and private schools which are exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, are eligible to participate. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None.

Application Procedure: Public schools in all states make application to the state educational agency. Appropriate forms may be obtained from this agency. Nonprofit private schools should also apply to the state educational agency. In some states, however, the state educational agency is prohibited by state statute from disbursing Federal funds to nonprofit private schools. In such instances, the application will be referred to the appropriate Food and Nutrition Service regional office.

Award Procedure: When application is approved, school takes
agreement with appropriate agency on a fiscal year basis.
Notification of grant awards are provided to the State Central
Information Reception Agency on Standard Form 240.
Deadlines: None.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Agreements are effective upon
approval of the state educational agency or Food and Nutrition
Service, where applicable, and are effective until the following
June 30.

Appeals: None. State educational agencies or Food and Nutrition Service regional offices, where applicable, are responsible for determining a school's eligibility.

Renewals: Annually as of July 1. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: The 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are initially given $50,000 eacn as a basic apportionment. Guam, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa are given $15,000 each. The total of these amounts ($2,645,000) is deducted from the total appropriation which is apportioned in the same manner as Section 4 funds under the National School Lunch Program.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: For the period covered by the agreement. Fiscal year basis.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Schools file monthly reports on program operation to claim for reimbursement.

Audits: Schools are subject to periodic audits by state agencies or the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in states which do not have an audit program, to assure proper utilization of program funds. Records: Schools must maintain full and accurate records of its breakfast program. Such records shall be retained for a period of 3 years after the end of the fiscal year to which they pertain. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-34-3539-0-1-702. Obligations: (Grants and value of commodities) FY 70 $10,877,000; FY 71 est $15,000,000; and FY 72 est $15,000,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Average Federal assistance is $0.15 per meal (total of cash and commodities.) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1970, 69,000,000 breakfasts were served in 4,382 schools. In fiscal year 1971, it is estimated that 110,000,000 breakfasts will be served in 5,000 schools.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: "Closing the Nutrition Gap," (PA-812), pamphlet, no charge; Regulations - Part 220 School Breakfast and Nonfood Assistance Programs and State Administrative Expenses regulations (32 F.R. 33, as amended).

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: See the Food and Nutrition Service Regional Offices listed in the appendix.

Headquarters Office: Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone: (202) 962-1627.

RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.552, Special Food Service Program for Children; 10.555, National School Lunch Program; 10.556, Special Milk Program for Children; 13.433, Follow Through; 49.005, Emergency Food and Medical Services.

10.554 SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM - NONFOOD ASSISTANCE (Equipment Program)

FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AUTHORIZATION: Child Nutrition Act of 1966; Public Law 89-642;
42 U.S.C. 1771.

OBJECTIVES: This program provides states with grants in aid to supply schools in low-income areas with equipment for storing, preparing, transporting, and serving food to children.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Cash assistance for purchase of equipment for storing, preparing, transporting and serving food to children, not to exceed 75 percent of the cost of such equipment. Federal funds are avilable to assist schools drawing attendance from areas in which poor economic conditions exist to purchase equipment needed to establish, maintain, and expand food services. Federal funds are apportioned among states to pay needy schools up to three-fourths of the total price of the equipment including installation charges.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Schools drawing attendance from areas in which poor economic conditions exist which exhibit a need for equipment for the storage, preparation, transportation, and serving of food to enable such schools to establish, maintain, and expand school food service programs.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Program helps reach children who attend
schools with little or no equipment to start or expand food service
programs since schools approved for nonfood assistance must
agree to take part in the National School Lunch Program and/or
the School Breakfast Program.
Credentials/Documentation: Public schools and private schools
which are exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue
Code, as amended, are eligible to participate if they meet the
requirements set out in G. 1.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:
Preapplication Coordination: None.

Application Procedure: Public schools in all states make application to the state educational agency. Appropriate forms may be obtained from this agency. Nonprofit private schools should also apply to the state educational agency. However, in some states, the state educational agency is prohibited by state statute from disbursing Federal Funds to nonprofit private schools. In such instances, the application will be referred to the appropriate Food and Nutrition Service regional office.

Award Procedure: Schools shall be selected for participation in the Nonfood Assistance program on the basis of: (1) the relative need of the school for assistance in acquiring equipment to operate an adequate feeding program and (2) the amount of funds available to the state agency or FNSRO, where applicable. Schools selected for participation shall enter into a written agreement, on a form approved by CND, with the state agency or FNSRO, where applicable. The school shall agree to: (1) participate in the School Breakfast Program or the National School Lunch program, or both; and (2) work toward inaugurating a National School Lunch program if it participates only in the School Breakfast program. Notification of the grant awards are provided to the State Central Information Reception Agency on Standard Form 240. Deadlines: None.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Agreements are effective upon approval of the state educational agency or FNS, where applicable

and are effective until the following June 30. Appeals: None. State educational agencies or Food and Nutrition Service regional offices, where applicable. Renewals: None.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Fifty percent of the total funds available are apportioned under Section 4 of the National School Lunch Act. The remaining 50 percent are apportioned based on the number of children in schools with no food service in each state as a percent of children in schools without a food service in all states. During any fiscal year, payments made by FNS to each state agency, and the payment made by FNS to any nonprofit private school in any state, shall be upon the condition that at least one-fourth of the cost of any equipment financed under this part shall be borne from sources within the state. Funds from sources within the state shall include any source of state or local funds other than Federal grants and children's payments obtained by the school through any of its nonprofit feeding operations.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Length - not applicable. Time fiscal year basis.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Each claim shall be accompanied by a copy of the bill, invoice, or other evidence of purchase and shall be made part of the school's case file maintained by the state agency or the FNSRO, where applicable.

Audits: Schools are subject to periodic audits by state agencies or the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in states which do not have an audit program, to assure proper obligation of program funds. Records: Schools must maintain full and accurate records of its nonfood assistance program. Such records shall be retained for a period of 3 years after the end of the fiscal year to which they pertain.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-34-3539-0-1-702.

Obligations: (Grants) FY 70 $16,715,000; FY 71 est $16,110,000; and FY 72 est $16,110,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Apportionment. Average cost per student is $45. Seventy-five percent of this is covered by Federal assistance.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1969, nonfood assistance funds provided equipment for 7,500 schools and in fiscal year 1970 these funds assisted 8,000 schools. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Regulations Part 220 School Breakfast and Nonfood Assistance Programs and State Administrative Expenses regulations (32 F.R. 33, as amended); "Closing the Nutrition Gap," (PA-812), pamphlet, no charge.

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: See the Food and Nutrition Service Regional Offices listed in the appendix.

Headquarters Office: Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone: (202) 962-1627.

RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.552, Nonschool Food Program; 10.553, School Breakfasts; 10.555, National School Lunch Program; 10.556, Special Milk Program for Children.

10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM (School Lunch Program)

FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPART

MENT OF AGRICULTURE

AUTHORIZATION: National School Lunch Act of 1946 as amended; 42 U.S.C. 1751-1760.

OBJECTIVES: This program provides commodity and cash grants to state educational agencies to assist them in helping schools provide adequate school lunches. This helps to safeguard the health and well-being of children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Sale, Exchange, or Donation of Property and Goods.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Federally appropriated National School Lunch Program funds are available to reimburse public and nonprofit private schools for Type A lunches served to children of high school grade and under. A portion of the funds available each year are also used to make direct purchase of nutritious agricultural products for donation to participating schools. Federal cash for food assistance may not be used to purchase land or to acquire or construct buildings or make alterations to existing buildings or to purchase automotive equipment. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Schools desiring to participate must agree to operate a nonprofit lunch program which is available to all children regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin. Lunches served must meet minimum nutritional standards as established by the Secretary of Agriculture. Lunches must be served free or at a reduced price to children who are determined by local school authorities to be unable to pay the full price for their lunches. The school authorities must follow specified minimum regulatory criteria in making such determinations under a publicly announced plan and make no physical segregation of, or other discrimination against, any child because of his inability to pay the full price of the lunch.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Children of high school grade or under in attendance.

Credentials/Documentation: Public schools and private schools which are exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, are eligible to participate. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None.

Application Procedure: Public schools in all states make application to the state educational agency. Appropriate forms may be obtained from this agency. Nonprofit private schools should also apply to the state educational agency. In some states, however, the state educational agency is prohibited by state statute from disbursing Federal funds to nonprofit private schools. In such instances, the application will be referred to the appropriate Food and Nutrition Service regional office.

Award Procedure: Selection of schools for participation in the Program shall be in accordance with the following: (1) schools shall be selected for participation in the general cash for food assistance phase of the Program on the basis of need and attendance; (2) schools shall be selected for participation in the special cash assistance phase of the Program on the basis of the need of such schools for assistance in the serving of free or reduced price lunches to children unable to pay the full price of the lunch. Notification of grant awards are provided to the State Central Information Reception Agency on Standard Form 240. Deadlines: None.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Agreements are effective upon approval of the state educational agency or FNSRO, where applicable, and are effective until the following June 30. Appeals: None. State educational agencies and FNSRO's, where applicable, are responsible for determining a school's eligibility.

Renewals: Annually as of July 1. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Federal funds made available for general cash for food assistance for any fiscal year shall be apportioned among the states in accordance with section 4 of the Act on the basis of 2 factors: (1) The participation rate for the state, and (2) the assistance need rate for the state. Federal funds made available for special cash assistance for any fiscal year shall be apportioned among the states in accordance with section 11 of the Act. The amount apportioned to each such state shall bear the same ratio as the number of children in such state aged 3 to 17, inclusive, in households with incomes less than $4,000 per annum bears to the total number of such children in all such states. Federal funds must be matched by $3 of funds from within the state for each $1 of Federal funds except that states having an average per capita income of less than the national average per capita income may be allowed to match Federal funds at a lesser rate. Funds from within the state may include funds derived from state and local tax revenues which are used for food service programs and funds received from children for lunch payments. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1971, and the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, state revenue (other than revenues derived from the program) appropriated on specifically reserved and used for program purposes (other than salaries and administrative expenses at the state as distinguished from the local level), shall constitute at least 4 percentum of the matching requirement. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: For the period covered by the agreement. Fiscal year basis.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Schools file monthly reports on program operation to claim for reimbursement.

Audits: Schools are subject to periodic audits by state agencies or the U.S. Department of Agriculture in states which do not have an audit program, to assure proper utilization of program funds. Records: Schools must maintain full and accurate records of its lunch programs. Such records shall be retained for a period of 3 years after the end of the fiscal year to which they pertain. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-34-3539-0-1-702. Obligations: (Grants and value of commodities) FY 70 $300,793,000; FY 71 est $581,418,000; and FY 72 est $581,418,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Average assistance, per meal, is $0.047 cash and $0.058 cents in commodities. Special assistance to needy children is $0.30 per meal.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1970, a total of 3.6

billion lunches were served to children of which 736,000,000 lunches were served free or at reduced price to needy children. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Part 210National School Lunch Program regulations (35 F.R. 753, as amended); Part 245- Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Lunches regulations (35 F.R. 14065); "The National School Lunch Program," (PA-19), pamphlet, no charge. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: See the Food and Nutrition Service Regional Offices listed in the appendix.

Headquarters Office: Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone: (202) 962-1627.

RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.552, Nonschool Food Program; 10.553, School Breakfasts; 10.556, Special Milk Program for Children; 13.433, Follow Through; 49.005, Emergency Food and Medical Services.

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10.556 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN (School Milk Program)

FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended; Public Law 91-295; 84 Stat. 336; 42 U.S.C. 1772. OBJECTIVES: This program provides assistance, in the form of reimbursement payments to encourage consumption of fluid whole milk by children in public and nonprofit private schools of high school grade and under, nonprofit nursery schools, child-care centers, settlement houses, summer camps and similar nonprofit institutions that provide for the care and training of children. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The authorized maximum rates of reimbursement are $0.04 per half pint for schools which also participate in the National School Lunch Program (with no reimbursement paid on the first half pint of milk served with the Type A lunch), and $0.03 per half pint in those remaining schools and child care institutions where milk is sold as a separately priced item. Up to $0.01 of this reimbursement may be retained for the purpose of defraying all or part of the handling cost. Within these maximum rates, the amount of reimbursement paid will depend upon the cost of the milk, the proposed selling price to the child, and the margin allowed to defray the cost of distributing milk within the school or institutions.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: All public and nonprofit private schools of high school grade and under are eligible to participate. Also nonprofit child care institutions such as nursery schools, child care centers, settlement houses, and summer camps are eligible for assistance under this program. All schools and child care institutions which participate must agree to operate the program for all children without regard to race, color, or national origin. Beneficiary Eligibility: All children attending schools and institutions in which the Special Milk Program is an operation may participate in the program.

Credentials/Documentation: Public schools, private schools, and institutions, which are exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, are eligible to participate. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None.

Application Procedure: Public schools in all states make application to the state educational agency. Appropriate forms may be obtained from this agency. Non-profit private schools and institutions should also apply to the state educational agency. However, in some states, the state educational agency is prohibited by state statute from disbursing Federal funds to nonprofit private schools and institutions. In such instances, the application will be referred to the appropriate Food and Nutrition Service regional office.

Award Procedure: State agency or Food and Nutrition Service regional office, where applicable, reviews written application of school or child-care institution and upon determination of eligibility takes written agreement with sponsor for participation in the program. Notification of grant awards are provided to the State Central Information Reception Agency on Standard Form

240.

Deadlines: None.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Agreements are effective upon approval of the state educational agency or Food and Nutrition Service, where applicable, and are effective until the following June 30.

Appeals: None. State educational agencies or Food and Nutrition Service regional offices, where applicable, are responsible for determining a school's or institutional eligibility. Renewals: Annually as of July 1. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: The funds apportioned to each state are based on the amount of money each state spent the previous year. The percent of the prior year's total expenditures in relation to the amount currently available for apportionment is applied to each state's expenditure for the prior year. There are no matching provisions, but the cost of milk in excess of the Federal reimbursement must be borne by sources within the states. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: For the period covered by agreement. Fiscal year basis.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Schools and institutions file monthly reports on program operation to claim for reimbursement.

Audits: Schools and institutions are subject to periodic audits by state agencies or the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in states which do not have an audit program, to assure proper utilization of program funds.

Records: Schools and institutions must maintain full and accurate records of its Special Milk Program operations. Such records shall be retained for a period of 3 years after the end of the fiscal year to which they pertain.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-34-3502-0-1-702. Obligations: (Grants) FY 70 $101,527,000; FY 71 est $103,316,000; and FY 72 est not yet determined. Undergoing review for incorporation into the more comprehensive food assistance programs, for which expansion is planned. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not available. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1970, a total of 2.9 billion half pints of milk were served under the Special Milk Program.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Part 215Special Milk Program for Children regulations - (32 F.R. 12587, as amended). "Closing the Nutrition Gap" (PA-812) - Pamphlet - no charge.

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: See the Food and Nutrition Service Regional Office listed in the appendix.

Headquarters Office: Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone: (202) 962-1627.

RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.552, Nonschool Food Program; 10.553, School Breakfasts; 10.555, National School Lunch Program; 13.433, Follow Through.

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