The Food Assistance Landscape—This periodical provides a brief overview of USDA''s domestic food assistance programs. Each issue contains recent program statistics, such as expenditure, participation, and benefit levels, as well as information on related economic and social indicators, such as unemployment rates, income growth, and food price inflation.

The National School Lunch Program Background, Trends, and Issues—This report provides background information on the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the second largest food and nutrition assistance program in the Nation. Included in the report are historical trends, participant characteristics, and challenges facing the program.

• Balancing Nutrition, Participation, and Cost in the National School Lunch Program
• Amber Waves, September 2008
• The Role of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) in Nutritional Assistance to Mothers, Infants, Children, and Seniors
• The National School Lunch Program Background, Trends, and Issues
• RIDGE Project Summaries, 2007: Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics Program

• Eating and Health Module (ATUS)
• Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program Database
• RIDGE Project Summaries Database
• Food Security Supplement: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 Food Security Status File