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The organization opened its first Industrial school and initiated the first free school lunch program in the United States.
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The Starr Center Association served penny lunches in one school in Philadelphia and then expanded the service to other schools. A lunch committee was established and lunches were served in nine schools throughout the city.
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Hunter influenced strong influential ideas to help the U.S. effort to feed hungry children in schools. He wrote the novel "Poverty'' that demonstrated his ideas on how poverty effected children at the time.
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The Women's School Alliance of Wisconsin began serving lunches to children in three centers located in areas of high need.
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Women's Educational and Industrial Union began serving hot lunches to high schools and created a lunch advisory committee. In 1910 the program was extended to elementary schools and students educational performance improved.
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Federal government set up a program with the USDA to sell food at a lower price to poor families in the school lunch program.
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15 states authorized school boards to operate lunch rooms with 4 states offering assistance to low income families.
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Enacted in 1946 this program serves nutritionally balanced, low cost, or free lunches to 31 million children each day.
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Financial assistance was given to schools with a high percentages of low income children.
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Established as a non-profit entity focusing on research and professional development for school meals.
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The Act initiated a school breakfast program in response to the war on poverty.
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Created a Special Foods Service Program that created a year round food program for day care and a summer feeding plan for low income children.
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Led to the expansion of child nutrition programs and enacted the free and reduced price school lunch programs for low income students.
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1970: Senators Clifford Case, Bob Dole, and Hubert Humphrey introduce a bill to remove unhealthy food from schools. Authorized the USDA to regulate competitie foods sold outside of meals. Senators Clifford Case (R-NJ), Bob Dole (R-KS), and Hubert
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1979:Establishes the category '' foods of minimal nutrition value" that cannot be sold in cafeteria during meal times
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Created to raise awareness about the benefits of children having breakfast at school.
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A self- assessment tool titled Keys to Excellence: Standards of Practice for Nutrition Integrity was designed to assist schools in improving there nutrition programs.
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President Obama initiated the act to update school meals and foods sold outside the school meal program.
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Standards are based on the Institute of Medicine recommendations adding more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and removing trans fat.
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Implemented to improve the quality of foods and beverages sold through vending, school stores, a la cart, and fundraisers.