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Secretary Seeking Support for Child Nutrition Reauthorization
Published Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 05:06 AM
The Secretary was in Worchester, Massachusetts to help launch a hospital hunger initiative at UMass Memorial Health Care where he unveiled a new handbook that takes a practical, hands-on approach to combating food insecurity and hunger. The book, called "Hunger in the Community: Ways Hospitals Can Help," provides hospitals workers with all the information they need to get a program started.
USDA's Food and Nutrition Service is the Federal agency that administers the Nation's 15 domestic nutrition assistance programs which together comprise the Nation's food safety net. Nutrition education and outreach efforts to the underserved are top priorities in all food and Nutrition Service mission areas.
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