| CATEGORY | FOOD |
| SERVICE/SUPPORT TYPE | The Special Milk Program |
| AGENCY | The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service |
| COST | The school may elect to offer the program for free to low-income children |
| ELIGIBILITY SUMMARY | Special Milk Program | Food and Nutrition Service (usda.gov) |
| WEB LINK | Special Milk Program | Food and Nutrition Service (usda.gov) |
| APPLICATION | Contact the child’s school, camp, or childcare institution to find out if it participates in the Special Milk Program. Search | Benefits.gov |
| ADDITIONAL INFO | “Provides milk to children in schools, child care institutions and eligible camps that do not participate in other federal child nutrition meal service programs” (Special Milk Program (SMP) Fact Sheet | Food and Nutrition Service (usda.gov)) and provides “milk to children in half-day pre-kindergarten and kindergarten programs where children do not have access to the school meal programs” Special Milk Program | Food and Nutrition Service (usda.gov) |