Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Pennsylvania (WIC, by its initials in English)
Program Description
The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, without cost, low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding and postpartum state, and infants and children up to age 5 who are determined to be at nutritional risk.
Special Milk Program to Pennsylvania
Program Description
The Special Milk Program (SMP, for its acronym in English) provides Federal reimbursement for milk served to children in schools and childcare institutions that do not participate in federal food programs.
Any school or child care institution, nonprofit, including summer camps and temporary shelters, may participate in the SMP provided it does not participate in a food service program,
For example, the National School Lunch Program (NSLP for its acronym in English) or the School Breakfast Program (SBP, for its acronym in English). Schools participating in the NSLP or can participate in SMP to provide milk to children in pre-kindergarten and half-day kindergarten where children have no access to any of the school meal programs.
The sponsors of the SMP have the option of offering milk free to qualifying children. Any child of a family that meets income guidelines established by the Department of Agriculture (USDA, for its acronym in English), can receive free milk.
Pennsylvania Head Start
Program Description
The Head Start program (for children 3 to 5 years) and Early Head Start (for pregnant women, infants and toddlers) promote school readiness for children in low-income families by providing comprehensive educational, health , nutritional and social.
Parents play a large role in the programs, both as primary educators of their children as participants in local government programs. Both programs provide experiences pre-literacy and literacy in a multicultural environment. Parents are also provided social services, including assistance with child care.
Services are also available to families of migrant farm workers and temporary.
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