New Resource: ‘The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2011 Annual Report’

WASHINGTON - ‘The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2011 Annual Report’  is the title of a USDA ERS report which found that "... Federal expenditures for USDA’s domestic food and nutrition assistance programs totaled $103.3 billion in fiscal 2011, or 8 percent more than in the previous fiscal year. This marked the 11th consecutive year in which food and nutrition assistance expenditures exceeded the previous record. Over this period, expenditures for food and nutrition assistance have more than tripled. The five largest programs in fiscal 2011 — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the National School Lunch Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the School Breakfast Program, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program — accounted for 96 percent of USDA’s expenditures for food and nutrition assistance. Expenditures for each of these five major programs expanded, to varying degrees, during fiscal 2011..." - The report also "... summarizes a number of ERS research reports on WIC-related topics that were released in fiscal 2011 ..."

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