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ANNUAL SUMMARY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE PROGRAMS

Data as of December 30, 2008

    

FY 2004

FY 2005

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY 2008
     

    

    

    

    

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1/

                                   

People Participating (Thous.)

23,858

25,718

26,672

26,469

28,408

Households Participating (Thous.)

10,279

11,197

11,734

11,790

12,728

Value of Benefits (Mil.$)

24,619

28,568

30,187

30,373

34,611

Average Monthly Benefit Per Person ($)

85.99

92.57

94.32

95.63

101.53
Average Monthly Benefit Per Household ($) 199.60 212.61 214.38 214.69 226.60

Total Cost (Mil. $)

27,098

31,073

32,914

33,205

37,533
                        

PUERTO RICO GRANT (Mil. $) 2/

1,413

1,495

1,518

1,551

1,623
                        

NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM 3/

                   

Children Participating (Thous.)

28,962

29,646

30,133

30,513

30,940

Total Lunches Served (Mil.)

4,842

4,976

5,029

5,072

5,196

Percent Free (%)

49.5

49.8

49.6

49.4

50.1

Percent Reduced-Price (%)

9.6

9.6

9.7

9.9

10.0

Total Afterschool Snacks Served (Mil.)

151

164

172

183

205

Cash Payments (Mil. $)

6,663

7,055

7,389

7,707

8,235

Commodity Costs (Mil. $)

963

975

802

1,033

1,053

Total Cost (Mil. $)

7,626

8,030

8,191

8,741

9,287
                        

SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM 3/

                   

Children Participating (Thous.)

8,905

9,357

9,765

10,243

10,572

Total Breakfasts Served (Mil.)

1,525

1,604

1,664

1,715

1,806

Percent Free or Reduced Price (%)

82.4

82.1

81.2

80.6

80.6

Total Cost (Mil. $)

1,776

1,927

2,043

2,164

2,356
                        

SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM 4/

                   

Total Half-Pints Served (Mil.)

102

99

97

90

86

Total Cost (Mil. $)

14

17

15

14

15
                        

CHILD/ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM 5/

                   

Average Daily Attendance (Thous.)

3,009

3,108

3,112

3,182

3,196

Total Meals Served (Mil.)

1,800

1,834

1,830

1,849

1,891

   Child Care Centers (Mil.)

1,059

1,105

1,132

1,162

1,202

   Day Care Homes (Mil.)

687

671

638

626

626

   Adult Care Centers (Mil.)

54

58

59

61

64

   Percent Free or Reduced Price (%)

82.9

82.3

81.4

81.3

81.3

Cash Payments (Mil. $)

1,812

1,904

1,944

2,024

2,163

Commodity Costs (Mil.$)

65

70

73

77

84

Total Costs (Mil.$)

2,020

2,111

2,153

2,238

2,391
                        

SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM 6/

                   

Average Daily Attendance (Thous.)

1,997

1,946

1,921

1,977

2,129

Total Meals Served (Mil.)

117

116

117

121

129

Total Cost (Mil.)

263

267

276

292

324
                        

CHILD NUTRITION STATE ADMIN. (Mil. $) 7/

137

144

152

160

147
                        

WIC (SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD) 8/

                   

Women-Infants-Children Participating (Thous.)

7,904

8,023

8,088

8,285

8,704

Food Cost (Mil. $)

3,562

3,603

3,598

3,880

4,539

Avg. Monthly Food Cost Per Person ($)

37.55

37.42

37.08

39.03

43.46

Total Cost (Mil. $)

4,887

4,992

5,073

5,409

6,213
                        

COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD 9/

                   

Total Participation (Thous.)

522

512

462

466

475

Total Cost (Mil. $)

145

156

131

142

159
                        

FOOD DISTRIB. ON INDIAN RESERV 9/

                   

Total Participation (Thous.)

104

99

90

87

90

Total Cost (Mil.$)

78

76

76

81

96
                        

NSIP (Elderly Feeding) 10/

                   

Total Meals Served (Mil.)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Total Cost (Mil. $)

3.7

3.8

2.9

2.6

2.4
                        

TEFAP (Emergency Food Assistance) 11/

                   

Total Pounds Distributed (Mil.)

533

491

434

340

337

Total Food Cost (Mil. $)

361

314

243

198

227

Total Cost (Mil.$)

420

373

300

255

281
                        

OTHER FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS

                   

Disaster Feeding (Mil. $) 12/

2

8

7

7

.292

Charitable Institutes (Mil. $) 13/

10

4

3

0

0

NOTES:

Data are provided by Federal Fiscal Year (October through September).   Commodity costs reflect the value of food distributed to participants (Food Distribution on Indian Reservations and Commodity Supplemental Food Program) or delivered to State warehouses (all other programs).  FY 2008 data are preliminary and all data are subject to revision.

1/ Participation data are 12-month averages. Total cost includes benefits, the Federal share of State administrative expenses, and other Federal costs (e.g., printing and processing stamps).  The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as the Food Stamp Program prior to FY 2009. 

2/ Puerto Rico's Nutrition Assistance Grant provides benefits analogous to SNAP. Smaller outlying areas with similar grants include American Samoa ($6.5 million in FY 2008) and the Northern Marianas ($16.2 million).

3/ National School Lunch and School Breakfast participation data are 9-month averages (summer months are excluded). They represent average daily meals served adjusted by an attendance factor. School Lunch costs include cash payments, entitlement commodities, bonus commodities (surplus foods donated by the Dept. of Agriculture), and cash-in-lieu of commodities. School Breakfast costs are cash payments. Cash payments are Federal reimbursements to State agencies based on meals served multiplied by reimbursement rates which are adjusted annually to reflect changes in food costs.  Free and reduced-price meals served to needy children are reimbursed at much higher rates than full-price meals.

4/ Special milk costs are cash payments based on an annually determined reimbursement rate and the actual cost of free milk (a small portion of the total--less than 7% for all years).

5/ Total costs include cash payments, entitlement and bonus commodities, cash-in-lieu of commodities, sponsor administrative costs, start-up costs and audits.  

6/ Average daily attendance is reported only for July, the peak month of activity. Costs include cash payments, entitlement and bonus commodities, and the Federal share of State and sponsor administrative costs.  The decline in meals served since FY 2001 is largely attributable to alternative summer meal service in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program under Seamless Waiver provisions which eased reporting requirements for sponsors.

7/ The federal share of State administrative costs for the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Child and Adult Food Care Programs.

8/ Total costs include food benefits, nutrition services and administrative funds, the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, infrastructure, breastfeeding promotion and peer counseling, program evaluation,  and technical assistance. 

9/ Includes commodity distribution costs (entitlement and bonus), the Federal share of State administrative expenses, and other costs (such as storage and transportation, food losses and demo. projects--national level only, unavailable prior to FY 1996).  

10/ The Nutrition Services Incentive Program was formerly called Nutrition Program for the Elderly.  As of FY 2002, meals served are reported to the Agency on Aging (DHHS) rather than FNS.  In FY 2003, administration of cash grants was transferred to the Agency on Aging, and FNS costs were limited to the value of commodities distributed.

11/ Total cost includes commodities distributed (entitlement and bonus) and the Federal share of State admin. expenses. Emergency food assistance is food made available to hunger relief organizations such as food banks and soup kitchens. It is not disaster relief.

12/ Most disaster relief is provided through SNAP.

13/ Includes summer camps.