School Lunch Program Research Paper

The 1946 National School Lunch Act, which later led to the creation of the National School Lunch Program was a policy act made in response to the growing concern of hunger in the United States. Led by Senator Allen Allender of Louisiana and signed by President Harry Truman, the NSLP proposed to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s children, while supporting the consumption of agricultural good. Even though, the NSLP’s goals was to provide for the safety of the children, the administration created many problems for the children including food insecurity and stigmatization. Thus, in this paper, I intend to follow the history of the NSLP, its characteristics and its general efficiency in responding to food insecurity. In addition, …show more content…
Partly for these reasons, the NSLP has been consider both economically and politically feasible since it meets with current values of humanitarian organizations and from the market system. However, despite that the NSLP was intended to help unassisted children, a major shift to the NSLP did not occur until 1961 when the program became amended by president Lyndon B. Johnson to benefit children that lived 130 percent under the poverty line. In addition, the 1961 amendment also promised more financial relief to states who couldn’t meet the budgetary demands. This means, that for states who couldn’t pay half the student’s price lunch, the government will assist them with more monetary relief. Even though, the National School Lunch Program is control by the federal government and run by the Department of Agriculture(USDA) and the Food and Nutrition services, states still have to contribute a pay for each student’s lunch. Generally, the price for a student’s lunch is $.50 cents for which the government contributes $.40 cents and the states contribute about $.11. However, part of the 1961 amendment increase $.10 more cents if the states cannot meet with the intended