Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Funding
Description:
Federally supported child nutrition programs and related activities — including school meal programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (the WIC program) — reach over 37 million children and almost 2 million lower-income pregnant/postpartum women. In FY2004, anticipated spending on these programs is $16.6 billion, and the FY2004 appropriations law (P.L. 108-199) supports this spending level (although with new appropriations of a lesser amount, some $…
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Date:
August 3, 2004
Creator:
Richardson, Joe
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department