The USDA Dietary Patterns were developed to help individuals carry out Dietary Guidelines recommendations.
A helpful resource for anyone managing school vending machines, fundraisers, or snack bars to better understand the smart snacks standards.
A number of tools and resources are available to help schools identify food items that meet Smart Snacks criteria. See the resources below for information about the Smart Snacks requirement, helpful tools, and ways to encourage children to make healthier snack choices that give them the nutrition they need to grow and learn.
Expenditures on Children by Families provides estimates of the cost of raising children from birth through age 17 for major budgetary components.
The Expenditures on Children by Families annual report provides estimates of the cost of raising children from birth through age 17 for different budgetary components, including food, housing, transportation, health care, clothing, child care and education, and miscellaneous costs.