The Summer Feeding Program for Children: Reforms Begun--Many More Urgently Needed
CED-78-90
Published: Mar 31, 1978. Publicly Released: Mar 31, 1978.
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The summer food service program for children is one of several child feeding programs created to safeguard the health of the Nation's children. It is an extension of the school feeding programs and is designed to feed, during the summer vacation, children from poor economic areas. Almost since its inception in 1971, the summer feeding program has had problems adversely affecting program operations and goals.
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