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Article: School lunch program participation.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Consumer Affairs
- Article date:
- December 22, 1990
- Author:
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School Lunch Program Participation
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the largest of the Child Nutrition Programs administered by the United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, both in terms of funding and number of children served. An average of 27 million children per day were served lunches through the NSLP in 1979. Following program changes and substantial funding reductions embodied in the 1980 and 1981 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts (OBRAs), the number of lunches served dropped to 25.8 in 1981 and 22.9 million in 1982 (United States General Accounting Office 1984). The reductions in participation occurred despite the ...