The Child Nutrition Act (CNA) is a United States federal law (act) signed on October 11, 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Act was created as a result of the years of cumulative successful experience under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to help meet the nutritional needs of children.
The act established the School Breakfast Program, a federally assisted meal program that provides low-cost or free breakfasts to children in public and non-profit schools as well as child care institutions. During the signing of the act, the president remarked that "good food is essential to good learning."
Unless Congress reauthorizes it, many of New York City’s 1.1 million school children and the Nation's school children, may lose access to the healthy, wholesome meals provided under the current legislation.
School meals are the primary source of food for many children. This is especially true for children whose families are turning to the network of 500 food pantries, soup kitchens and community food programs that rely on the food City Harvest rescues.
In New York, support keeps the fleet of 21 food rescue trucks on the road, day and night, making sure no food is wasted when there are people who are hungry.
Every child deserves regular access to nutritious, quality meals.
By working together, we can help feed New York City's – and the Nation's – kids.
The current law, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 is due for re-authorization by September 30, 2015.
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