Child Care Food Program: Better Management Will Yield Better Nutrition and Fiscal Integrity

摘要

The Department of Agriculture's Child Care Food Program has grown from a $1.2 million pilot program in 1969 to a $250 million program in 1980. Improved management is necessary to ensure that nutritious meals are served to children at healthful feeding sites, that sound fiscal accountability is maintained, and that incidents of fraud and abuse are obviated. Improved management is also essential to ensure that recently implemented legislation will expand program benefits without exacerbating existing problems or adding unnecessarily to program cost.