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Sixty Years of Child Nutrition. A Look Back – A Look Ahead. 1946 – A Momentous Year. The National School Lunch Act Passed The American School Food Service Association Formed. Thelma Flanagan. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Sixty Years of Child NutritionSixty Years of Child Nutrition
A Look Back – A Look Ahead
1946 – A Momentous Year1946 – A Momentous Year
The National School Lunch Act Passed
The American School Food Service Association Formed
Thelma FlanaganThelma Flanagan
Leader, Visionary, Practitioner and Philosopher, Strategic Thinker and
Planner, Collaborator, Partner, Mentor, Educator
Thelma FlanaganThelma Flanagan
Leader, Visionary, practitioner and philosopher, strategic thinker and planner, collaborator, partner, mentor, educator
President Harry Truman signs The National School Lunch Act,
June 4, 1946
Declaration of PolicyDeclaration of Policy
Sec. 2 It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress, as a matter of national security to safeguard the health and well-
being of the Nation’s children AND to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and
other food – for the establishment, maintenance, operation and expansion of
nonprofit school lunch programs
First Major Amendments to the First Major Amendments to the
National School Lunch Act – 1962National School Lunch Act – 1962
Changed allocation to states from enrollment to student participation
Section 11 added to provide financial assistance to needy schools– Special Commodity Assistance Program
Hunger in America – A Hunger in America – A Turning Point for CNPsTurning Point for CNPs
Child NutritionChild Nutrition1965-19681965-1968
1965: First appropriation for Section 111966: The Child Nutrition Act
– Pilot Programs for School Breakfast in needy schools
– Special Milk Program– Non-food assistance
1968: Pilot Program for summer and child care
White House Conference on White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Health – 1969 Food, Nutrition, Health – 1969
Now is the time to put an end to hunger in America
President Richard Nixon
Champion: Cong. Carl PerkinsChampion: Cong. Carl PerkinsChairman Education and Labor Chairman Education and Labor
CommitteeCommittee
SNA (ASFSA) testifies!First major Section 11 funds
– $100,000,000 for free and reduced price meals
Poor People’s March on Washington
P.L. 91-248P.L. 91-248
Amendments to NSLA and CNA reformed child nutrition programs …
Senator Herman Talmadge
Amendments to NSLAAmendments to NSLAP.L. 91-248P.L. 91-248
Clarified Congressional intent that every needy child receive free or reduced price meals
Gave Secretary of Agriculture authority to issue competitive food regulations
Expanded – Breakfast Program– Section 11 to reach all schools– Non-food assistance
Established– Uniform eligibility standards– Minimum and maximum Section 11 rates
Amendments to NSLAAmendments to NSLA92-153: 197192-153: 1971
Established Performance Funding– Guaranteed levels of reimbursement for lunches– National Average Payments based on meal
category
LessonLessonDon’t Ask Why…Ask Why Not?Don’t Ask Why…Ask Why Not?
Some look at things that are and ask why. I dream of things that never
were and ask why not?
George Bernard Shaw
1970-19741970-1974Child Nutrition ReformedChild Nutrition Reformed
Performance funding for lunches, breakfasts and commodities
Uniform income eligibility guidelinesWIC, Child Care and Summer FoodNational Average Payments with Semi-
Annual AdjustmentsNon-Food AssistanceNational Advisory Council
P.L. 94-105P.L. 94-1051975 NSLA/CAN Amendments1975 NSLA/CAN Amendments
Made Breakfast and CACFP permanentCreated Offer vs. ServeIncreased reduced price to 95% above
poverty levelExtended Summer Food Program
1975-SNA Lobbies to 1975-SNA Lobbies to Override Presidential VetoOverride Presidential Veto
President Ford vetoes school lunch bill P.L. 94-105
SNA fly members in to lobby to override veto
Congress overrides veto October 7, 1975
Add humphrey photoAdd humphrey photo
SNA Honors Senator Hubert Humphrey
Teaching by Doing!Teaching by Doing!
“Eat it…it will make you pretty!”
“But you haven’t been eating it, have you?”
Teaching by Doing!Teaching by Doing!
““Eat it……it will make you Eat it……it will make you pretty!”pretty!”
“ But you haven’t been “ But you haven’t been eating it, have you?”eating it, have you?”
The Eighties….The Eighties….
The shadows darken for
Child Nutrition
The Nifty Nineties…the goodThe Nifty Nineties…the good
Education goals– Healthy children ready to learn
The Food Guide PyramidHealthy Meals for Americans Act
School lunches to meet Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Flexibility in menu planning allowed
And Then…its déjà vu!And Then…its déjà vu!
Contract with America…1994 Don’t get School Lunched! House of Representatives votes to repeal all child nutrition
programs– Congress approves a pilot block grant program– SNA and partners mobilize for action
President Clinton vetoes pilot block grant bill
From 1946-2006 Sixty YearsFrom 1946-2006 Sixty YearsThe CNP has grown fromThe CNP has grown from
One meal a day to breakfast, lunch and after school snacks and summer
programs
School age students to all children – infants, preschool, after school,
adults in daycare, and children with special needs
Sixty Years..FromSixty Years..From
Meals focused on deficiency diseases to meals that promote a quality life
Commodity program that uses surplus to one that supports nutrition goals
One reimbursement for all lunches to rates by meal category
Appropriation to entitlement to ensure funding, and
Assurance that all children have access to meals without discrimination
Sixty Years…Sixty Years…
Pilot universal lunch and breakfast programs
Wellness PolicyFood Safety PlansFresh Fruit and Vegetables ProgramNational Food Service Management
Institute: research, education and training
WIC Food Stamps
CACFP
Wellness
EFNEP NFSMI
NPE
SFSP
School• lunch• breakfast• snacks
Child Nutrition ProgramsA Continuum of Nutrition Services
Education Delivery
Customers Generation TechCustomers Generation Tech
Characterized by Diversity– Ages and Stages– Gender– Cultural, ethnic– Health – Lifestyle
A NEW BEGINNINGA NEW BEGINNING
Maintain the vision that underlies the values embedded in the past.
They have lighted our way to sixty years of success.
A Partnership Since 1946A Partnership Since 1946
The Child Nutrition ProgramsThe School Nutrition Association
CNP – A New BeginningCNP – A New Beginning
I believe if an organization is to meet the challenge of a changing world, it
must be prepared to change everything about itself except its
basic beliefs.
Thomas Watson, Former CEO, IBM
Our vision is to live up to the best in our past and to reach for goals we
have yet to achieve
Paraphrased from John Garner on Leadership
Then and Now…a matter of national security