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 free lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946.

	Program Fact Sheet
	Program History
	Program Eligibility
	School Meals Eligibility Manual
	Reauthorization 2010
	Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Public Law 111-296
	Reauthorization 2004
	Reauthorization Memoranda Reauthorization Regulations Public Law 108-265
	Farm to School
	Interested in incorporating local foods into the school meal program? Visit our farm to school resources.

Last modified: 02/22/2013