USDA food and nutrition assistance programs, costs and participation, fiscal 2010
Program name
Year begun
Cost ($millions)
Participation
Food stamp-related programs
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-formerly the Food Stamp Program
1961
68,179.5
40.3 million participants
per month
Nutrition Assistance Program for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas (NAP)
19821
2,048.5
Not available
Child nutrition programs
National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
1946
10,458.0
29.3 million daily lunches served (average)
School Breakfast Program (SBP
1966
2,843.4
10.8 million daily breakfasts served (average)
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
1968
2,633.8
1.9 billion total
meals and snacks served
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
1969
356.7
134.2 million total
meals and snacks
Special Milk Program (SMP)
1955
11.9
72.1 million total
half pints served
Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition Programs
-
388.6
-
Supplemental food programs
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
1972
6,756.5
9.2 million participants
per month
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
1969
203.2
518.9 thousand participants per month
Food donation programs
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
1981
467.9
Not available
Nutrition Services Incentive Program
2
1965
1.0
Not available
Food Distribution on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
1976
92.8
84.6 thousand participants per month
Disaster Feeding
3
-
0.0
Not available
Administrative expenses, n.e.c.
-
151.7
-
Total expenditures
-
94,810.8
-
- = Not applicable.
n.e.c. = Not elsewhere classified.
Notes: Information on program costs and participation come from USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Program Information Report (Keydata) September 2010, December 2010 (subject to revision). Information on year program began comes from USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Annual Historical Review Fiscal Year 1997, September 1999.
1American Samoa's Nutrition Assistance Program started in 1994.
2Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (formerly known as the Nutrition Program for the Elderly).
3Administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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