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Annual Food and Nutrition Program Funding
Some food and nutrition programs are discretionary (not mandated by law) and are subject to annual appropriations in such amounts as the subcommittee and Congress chooses. Entitlement and mandatory programs are generally not subject to annual appropriations and are automatically funded at predetermined levels.
Discretionary programs include the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Support (funding for transportation and storage). TEFAP Commodity Purchases is a mandatory program. Also considered discretionary are the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) and the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. The Community Food and Nutrition Program (CFNP), also a discretionary program, is funded under the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittees.
Leave Behinds
Child Nutrition Program Priorities - Appropriations Messages
The Child and Adult Care Food Program FY2009 Appropriations
Emergency Food and Commodity Priorities Appropriations Messages
What's New
- July 11, 2008: An agriculture spending bill for FY 2009 has cleared the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee and is expected to be marked up in the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee and Senate Appropriations Committee on July 15th and 17th, respectively. A date for full House Appropriations Committee action has not yet been set.
FY 2008 Agriculture Appropriations
FY 2008 Community Food and Nutrition Programs (CFNP) Appropriations
- House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- Fact sheet on CFNP
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