Nutrition

Information on this page includes the following:
  • Free-reduced lunch (FRL)
  • Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
  • Women, Infant and Children Supplemental Nutrition program (WIC)
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

  • US Department of Agriculture

    Descriptions: The US Department of Agriculture is responsible for policy on farming, agriculture, and food. The USDA oversees the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), which administers the nation’s various nutrition assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the National School Lunch Program (FRL), and the Women, Infants, & Children program (WIC). For more information, visit http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome.

    Example Data: Statistics concerning food programs, such as participation and cost.

 

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Nutrition in Nevada

  • 74,344 Women, Infant and Children participants in 2010 | WIC Report

  • 136,877 average daily student participation in free/reduced price school lunch in 2008-2009 | US Dept of Agriculture

  • Food insecurity among children in Nevada is between 8.0% - 8.9% in 2008 | Food Insecurity 2008