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PAD-77-7 1 (1977-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacnd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 03052 - (A2133218) Summary of a Report: The National School Lunch Program, Is It Working? PAD-77-7; B-111810. Jujy 26, 1977. 16 pp. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Income Security Programs: Program Effectiveness (1302); Program Evaluation Systems: New Techniques and Standards (2602);Food: Domestic Food Assistance Programs (1707). Contact: Program Analysis Div. Budget Function: Agriculture: Farm Income Stabilization (351k; Income Security: Public Assistance and Other Incnme Supplements (604); Health: Health Research and Education (552). Organization Concerned: Department of Agriculture; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Education and Labor; Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Congress. Authority: National School Lunch Act of 1946 (P.L. 79-396). There are shortcomings in both the evaluation and the performance of the School Lunch Program. Recommendations: The Secretary of Agriculture should require a formal, systematic evaluation of the National School Lunch Program's performance in meeting legislative objectives and should determine the nutritional standards needed for the program. The Congress should: require the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to assist the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in evaluating the school lunch program's health impact on children; review USDA's program evaluation plan before iaplementation to make certain that it will provide adequate information for program oversight, that it uses the resources and expertise of USDA and HEW it a manner that benefits the evaluation, and that it is in keeping with the respective missions of each agency; require the Secretary of Agriculture, on completion of the school lunch program evaluation, to provide a comprehensive report of his findings, together with any recommendations he may have with respect to improving program effectiveness; and provide policy guidance indicating specifically what the goals of the program should be and what the priorities are, and have the program evaluated accordingly. (SC)

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