Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/982

 92 STAT. 3614 Income eligibility.

42 USC 1758. Certification. Nutrition education.

Training. Evaluation.

State operation and administration plan, submittal to Secretary of Agriculture.

PUBLIC LAW 95-627—NOV. 10, 1978 "(2) The Secretary shall establish income eligibility standards to be used in conjunction with the nutritional risk criteria in determining eligibility of persons for participation in the program. Persons at nutritional risk shall be eligible for the program only if they are members of families that satisfy the income standards prescribed for free and reduced-price school meals under section 9 of the National School Lunch Act. "(3) Persons shall be certified for participation in accordance with general procedures prescribed by the Secretary. "(e)(1) The State agency shall ensure that nutrition education is provided to all pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding participants in the program and to parents or caretakers of infant and child participants in the program. The State agency may also provide nutrition education to pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women and to parents or caretakers of infants and children enrolled at local agencies operating the program under this section who do not participate in the program. The Secretary shall prescribe standards to ensure that adequate nutrition education services are provided. The State agency shall provide training to persons providing nutrition education under this section. Nutrition education shall be evaluated annually by each State agency, and such evaluation shall include the views of participants concerning the effectiveness of the nutrition education they have received. "(2) The Secretary shall, after submitting proposed nutrition education materials to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for comment, issue such materials for use in the program under this section. "(f)(1) Each State agency shall submit annually to the Secretary, by a date specified by the Secretary, a plan of operation and administration for approval by the Secretary as a prerequisite to receiving funds under this section. The plan shall include, among such other information as the Secretary may require— "(A) a description of how the State agency will distribute administrative funds, including start-up funds, to local agencies operating under the program; "(B) a description of the State agency's financial management system; "(C) a description of methods used to determine nutritional risk; "(D) a budget for administrative funds; " (E) the staffing pattern; " (F) nutrition education goals and action plans, including a description of the methods that will be used to meet the special nutrition education needs of migrants and Indians; "(G) plans to provide program benefits under this section to eligible migrants and Indians; (H) a list of all areas and special populations, in priority order based on relative need, within the jurisdiction of the State agency, and the State agency's plans to initiate or expand operations under the program in areas most in need of supplemental foods, including plans to inform nonparticipating local agencies of the availability and benefits of the program and the availability of technical assistance in implementing the program, and a description of how the State agency will take all reasonable actions to identify potential local agencies and encourage such

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