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