MyPlate Guide To School Lunch
This factsheet highlights how a variety of healthy foods from each MyPlate food group are included as part of a school lunch. Learn about ways to help children make healthy food and beverage choices at school.
MiPlato para el Almuerzo Escolar
Esta infografía destaca cómo una variedad de alimentos saludables de cada grupo de MiPlato son parte de un almuerzo escolar.
Nutrition Benefits of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program
Learn how CSFP helps seniors meet MyPlate dietary recommendations
History of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Time line of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
PL 88-525 - Food Stamp Act of 1977
[As Amended Through PL 108–269, July 2, 2004]
To strengthen the agricultural economy; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances; to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income households through a cooperative federal-state program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes.
PL 88–525 - Food Stamp Act of 1977
[As Amended Through PL 106–580, Dec. 29, 2000]
To strengthen the agricultural economy; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances; to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income households through a cooperative Federal-State program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes.
PL 106-387 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2001
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2001, and for other purposes
PL 105–33 - The Balanced Budget Act of 1997
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998. Title I—Food Stamp Provisions:
SEC. 1001. Exemption
SEC. 1002. Additional Funding for Employment and Training
SEC. 1003. Denial of Food Stamps for Prisoners
SEC. 1004. Nutrition Education
SEC. 1005. Regulations: Effective Date
PL 104-193 - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
TITLE I—Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TITLE IV—Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens
TITLE VI—Child Care
TITLE VII—Child Nutrition Programs
TITLE VIII—Food Stamps and Commodity Distribution
PL 103-66 - Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act - SNAP Summary
To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to respond to the hunger emergency afflicting American families and the children, to attack the causes of hunger among all Americans, to ensure an adequate diet for low-income people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness because of the shortage of affordable housing, to promote self-sufficiency among food stamp recipients, to assist families affected by adverse economic conditions, to simplify food assistance programs' administration, and for other purposes.