A. Peak month participation was 12.8 million children in 1960-6 percent over 1959. Participation in the national school lunch program, fiscal years 1959 and 1960 by month NOTE.-Year-to-year comparisons in number of schools participating are affected by the school consolidstion program. B. Selected statistical material and analyses.-The following tables present analyses of the growth and scope of the school lunch program: Tables I and I-a: Source of funds, matching requirements and participation in the first year of operation and the latest 4 years and analyses. Table II: Apportionment basis, by States, 1961. Table III: Federal and State financing 1960, by States. Table IV: Children and schools participating 1960, by States. Table V: Commodities distributed in 1959 and 1960, by quantity and cost. TABLE I.-Source of funds including special milk, matching requirements and participation in the program, fiscal year 1947 (1st year) and fiscal years 1958-61 TABLE I.-Sources of funds including special milk, matching requirements and participation in the program, fiscal year 1947 (1st year) and fiscal years 1958-61-Continued 1 Represents year in which commodities were distributed; not necessarily year in which funds were obligated. 2 State matching requirements per Federal dollar are as follows: 1947-50, $1 to $1; 195155, $1.50 to $1; thereafter, $3 to $1, except that for States with per capita income below the national average the ratio required is decreased by the percentage which the State per capita income is below the per capita income of the United States. Lowest matching requirement for 1947-50 was $0.46 to $1.46 to $1; for 1951-55, $0.73 to $1.50; for 1956-60, $1.41 to $3; and 1961, $1.54 to $3, * Preliminary. 4 Not available. 5 Beginning in 1959 excludes schools serving type C lunches only. 6 Less than 0.05. 7 Includes $35,000,000 in 1959; $43,657,248 in 1960; and $45,000,000 in 1961 authorized to be transferred from section 32 for the purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities. TABLE Ia.—Analyses of source of funds, matching requirements, and participation in the program, fiscal year 1947 (1st year) and fiscal years 1958-61 1 Participation in the type C lunch decreased rapidly after enactment of the special milk program in 1955. To show comparability, funds and participation have been adjusted by the type C contributions. 68302-61-pt. 1—52 Per capita income index 1 Population 5-17 years July 1, 1958 TABLE II.—Apportionment by States of funds available for the national school lunch program, fiscal year 1961 State Per capita income in 1958 (U.S. $2,057) State index 2 State quotient Total apportionment 3 State agency Private schools Matching percent required + |