Updated School Meal Standards: working towards a common goal of healthy children and helping them reach their full potential.
School meals will continue to include fruits and vegetables, emphasize whole grains, and give kids the right balance of nutrients for healthy, tasty meals. For the first time, schools will focus on products with less added sugar, especially in school breakfast.
Here's how the WIC food packages are changing.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – also known as WIC – supports maternal and child health by providing nutritious supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to important health care and other social services.
Healthy Eating Index scores range from 0 to 100 and are a measure of diet quality used to assess how well a set of foods aligns with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A higher score is ideal. The FDPIR Food Package scores an 84. This is higher than the average U.S. diet, which scores a 59.
There are new tools to address summer hunger, including Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT), and a new flexible way to offer meals to children living in hard-to-reach, rural communities.
There are new tools to address summer hunger, including Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT), and a new flexible way to offer meals to children living in hard-to-reach, rural communities.
There are new tools to address summer hunger, including Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT), and a new flexible way to offer meals to children living in hard-to-reach, rural communities.
Ang programang ito, na opisyal na tinatawag na Elektronikong Paglipat ng mga Benepisyo sa Tag-init, o EBT sa Tag-init, ay tutulong na punan ang puwang kapag ang mga bata ay nasa bakasyon sa tag-init at hindi nakakukuha ng masustansyang pagkain sa paaralan.
Chương trình này, có tên gọi chính thức là Chuyển khoản Phúc lợi Điện tử Mùa hè, hay EBT Mùa hè, sẽ giúp thu hẹp khoảng cách về nạn đói trong mùa hè khi trẻ em nghỉ hè và không nhận được bữa ăn bổ dưỡng ở trường.