Helpful sites for your summer program
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers - awards grants to school-based programs that provide safe havens for children when they are out of school.
Sites that benefit children and families
- Insure Kids Now - links working families with uninsured children with the Children's Health Insurance Program in their state.
- Medicaid Program - provides health insurance for low-income people.
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program - provides assistance to needy families.
Nutrition-related sites
- Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion - gives you the Food Guide Pyramid and the Pyramid for Young Children; links research with nutritional needs.
- Food and Nutrition Information Center - gives you information and educational materials in the area of food and human nutrition.
- Nutrition.gov - gives you a link to a wide-range of information on food, nutrition, and health.
Other Federal sites
- Food and Drug Administration - regulates the information on food labels and standards of identity.
- Office of Inspector General - investigates complaints of mismanagement of program funds.
- Office of Management and Budget - issues financial management circulars on Federal procurement and audit standards.
- Office of the Federal Register - publishes rules and notices to make the public aware of changes in SFSP regulations, income eligibility, and payments.
07/16/2013