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USDA National School Lunch Program & School
Breakfast Program

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, signed into law by President Harry Truman in 1946.

USDA School LuncH Fact Sheet - English 

 USDA School Lunch Fact Sheet - Spanish

The School Breakfast Program (SBP) is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions. The SBP started in 1966 as a pilot project, and was made a permanent entitlement program by Congress in 1975.

USDA School Breakfast Fact Sheet - English 

USDA School Breakfast Fact Sheet - Spanish