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FNS increases food security and reduces hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education in a manner that supports American agriculture and inspires public confidence.

Nutrition Assistance Programs

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Serves as the first line of defense against hunger. Enables low-income families to buy nutritious food with coupons and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards.

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Child Nutrition

Provides support for children to eat to learn and learn to eat with nutritious school meals and provides nutrition assistance for day care, after school, and summer programs. 

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Team Nutrition

Provides schools with nutrition education materials for children and families, and technical assistance materials for school nutrition service directors, managers and staff. State agency partners provide training and technical assistance to support these programs in local schools.

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WIC Program / Farmers' Market

Improves the health of women, infants, and children by providing supplemental foods, nutrition and breastfeeding education, and access to health services.  Access to fresh produce is provided through the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.

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Food Distribution

Strengthens the nutrition safety net through commodity distribution and other nutrition assistance to low-income families, emergency feeding programs, Indian Reservations, and the elderly.

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Last Updated: 07/25/03