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| Community Food & Nutrition Program (CFNP)
What is the CFNP?
The CFNP is the primary source of federal funding for anti-hunger and nutrition advocacy groups at the local, state and national levels. The fundamental purpose of the program is to provide hunger relief to individuals across the nation in an effort to improve the nutritional status of low-income individuals.How is CFNP funded?
CFNP is administered by the Office of Community Services of the Department of Health and Human Services. CFNP is funded through the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill as a line item within the Community Services Block Grant.What are the CFNP goals?
The CFNP has three programmatic goals. The first is to coordinate existing private and public food assistance resources, whenever such coordination is determined to be inadequate, to better serve low-income populations. The second goal is to identify potential sponsors of child nutrition programs. The child nutrition programs consist of the School Breakfast Program, the National School Lunch Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Women Infants and Children Program, and the Food Stamp Program. The third goal of the CFNP is to develop innovative approaches at the State and local level to meet the nutrition needs of low-income people.School Breakfast Program (SBP)
Many children do not eat a nutritious breakfast every morning. Often families are living on very tight budgets and cannot afford to provide good breakfasts at home every day nor the money to buy them at school. Regardless of income, families today live busy lives that often make it difficult to sit down long enough in the morning to eat a nutritious breakfast. Sometimes children may have long commutes to school or long periods between breakfast at home and school lunch, making breakfast at school an important option. State and federal reimbursements allow the program to pay for itself. A state and federal start-up grant is currently available to schools that meet certain eligibility criteria. For more information about the start-up funds, contact Holly Copeland-Lasley at 217-789-0125.
Local School Boards decide whether the schools in their district participate in the SBP. To apply to be a new sponsor in the School Breakfast Program contact the Illinois State Board of Education at 1-800-545-7892 or e-mail CNP@isbe.net. New applications may be submitted at any time.National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
The NSLP provides per meal cash reimbursements to schools as an entitlement to provide nutritious meals to children. This means that all eligible schools may participate and all children attending those schools may participate. The National School Lunch Program provides school children with one-third or more of their Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for key nutrients. USDA research indicates that children who participate in School Lunch have superior nutritional intakes compared to those who do not participate.All public and non-profit private schools (regardless of tuition) and all Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs) can participate in the National School Lunch Program. School boards must apply to their state education agency in order to institute a program. A student’s household income determines whether they receive free meals, reduced price meals (the maximum price to the student's family is 40 cents), or "paid" meals, for which students pay most of the cost (the federal government pays a modest amount for administrative costs). To apply to be a new sponsor in the National School Lunch Program, contact the Illinois State Board of Education at 1-800-545-7892 or e-mail CNP@isbe.net. New applications may be submitted at any time. Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
When school lets out, millions of low-income children lose access to the school breakfasts, lunches and after school snacks they receive during the regular school year. The SFSP is a key to filling this gap. The SFSP provides meals and snacks to children who might otherwise go hungry and is often provided in conjunction with educational, developmental, and recreational activities. Local government and their agencies, school districts and non-profits can sponsor SFSP sites, which may include schools, parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, housing projects, migrant centers, Indian reservations, YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs, houses of worship, summer camps and other sites. First year sponsors must attend one of the training sessions conducted by the Illinois State Board of Education staff in March and April of each year. To initiate the application process, you must request a new sponsor packet from Amy Bianco in Nutrition Programs and Support Services Division at 1-800-545-7892 or fax your request to 217-524-6124.Child and Adult Care Food Program
The Child and Adult Care Food Program was founded in 1968 to provide federal funds for meals and snacks to licensed public and nonprofit child care centers and family and group child care homes for preschool children. Funds are also provided for meals and snacks served at after-school programs for school-age children, and to adult day care centers serving chronically impaired adults or people over age 60. Programs eligible for participation include non-residential child or adult care institutions such as group or family child care, child or adult care centers, Head Start, recreation centers, settlement houses and after school programs. For profit child care centers using Title XX funding to serve 25 percent or more low-income children are also eligible. To apply to be a new sponsor in the Child Care Food Program, applicants must apply through the Illinois State Board of Education, Nutrition Programs and Support Services, at CNP@isbe.net or 1-800-545-7892.Women, Infants and Children
WIC is a cost-effective federally funded preventive nutrition program that provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, and access to health care to low-income pregnant women, new mothers, and infants and children at nutritional risk. Eligibility for WIC is based on the following criteria: participants must be a pregnant, postpartum, or breast-feeding woman, an infant, or a child under the age of five. The participant's household income must be below 185 percent of the poverty line. The WIC program is not an entitlement program. Federal funding is determined annually by Congress. To locate your local WIC office, call 1-800-323-4769 or visit http://www.dhs.state.il.us/chp/ofh/MIH/wiclocal2np.html.Food Stamp Program
The Food Stamp Program is the nation's single most important program in the fight against hunger. Developed in the 1960's, the program is designed to improve the nutrition level and food purchasing power of people with low incomes. The Food Stamp Program is the only federal benefit program available nationwide to all who need it and meet eligibility standards, regardless of their age or family composition.
The Food Stamp Program is effective and well-targeted; only people who are poor with few, if any, assets can receive food stamps. Food stamp benefits, issued on a monthly basis, can only be used for the purchase of food. State and local welfare agencies actually administer the Food Stamp Program, under guidance and standards established by Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). A food stamp application is available at http://www.dhs.state.il.us/ts/fss/pdf/IL444-2378b.pdf. To locate your local food stamp administering agency, please call the following toll free number 1-800-843-6154. |
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