Commitment

Joining the New School Meals Coalition

Donor government / United States of America

USDA

Commitment made: 22 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Global - While the Coalition is global and includes all countries that are interested in joining, it's main focus is to support …

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Commitment description

The United States of America is reaffirming its commitment to join the new School Meals Coalition: Nutrition, Health and Education for Every Child, and will start out by participating in the Financing Task Force, offering the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program as a potential model for multi-year financing with the aim of future national sustainability.

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders Title II funds were used for the awards to WFP and GCNF. Clarification: The commitment is from funds approprirated annually to USDA to implement international food assistance programs, including the McGovern-Doel Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
Funding mechanism These are cooperative agreements.
Cost secured These decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. There is no specific funding goal.
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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