National School Lunch Case Study

According to Stillman, the program on National School Lunch, created in 1946, is the oldest and largest child assistance and food nutrition program. It was created with the aims of being a national security measurement for safeguarding the well-being and health of the nation’s children while encouraging the consumption of nutritious agricultural goods domestically.it is also importance as it sets the standards for the foods offered to the school children. Students should learn this since it’s a major program that takes effect in over 93,000 as well to have an understanding of the changes that have taken course in this program. For instance, to understand why the program which majored in prevented food deficiencies majors today in reducing the …show more content…
It has gone thorough legislative and regulatory changes in addition to strategic changes to form an all conclusive program that focuses on the overall children’s health. Some of the key issues that arise from this case include those of efficiency, accountability and distribution of resources. For to efficiency, various organizations stepped in in ensuring that food was not only delivered in an efficient manner but also in efficient bulks to all the public and private schools. Accountability is highlighted where strategies have been put in place to ensure that only meals of high quality are offered in the school lunches. Distribution of resources is highlighted where the food has to be shared in the over 93,000 schools participating in the school lunch program, in both the public and private schools. Connected to the above, issues of decision making and organizational structure as in public offices are portrayed. The different organizations offering the program are engaged in decision-making process especially when they have to decide which of the schools needs a higher amount of food in relation to student number and other factors. Organizational structure is outline as shown by the various levels of offices, both at the national and local level, which are involved in ensuring the delivery of …show more content…
For disproportionate food distribution, not all he schools receive a fair share especially if the data held by the officials does not reflect the real number on the ground. For poverty, most of the public schools require more food compared to the private schools. This factor should be considered so to ensure fairness. This case relates to public administration since the distribution of the food for school lunches is handed by public offices. This means that the program can be influenced by the factors that affect efficiency in public administration including organizational structure and culture, communication and decision-making among