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McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Children Nutrition Program
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The key objective of the McGovern-Dole Program is to reduce hunger and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls. By providing school meals, teacher training and related support, McGovern-Dole projects help boost school enrollment and academic performance. At the same time, the program also focuses on improving children’s health and learning capacity before they enter school by offering nutrition programs for pregnant and nursing women, infants and pre-schoolers. Sustainability is an important aspect of the McGovern-Dole Program. FAS and its partner organizations work to ensure that the communities served by the program can ultimately continue the sponsored activities on their own or with support from other sources such as the host government or local community.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
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55 active projects in 34 countries reached more than 4.7 million children and community members directly in FY2022. This included providing school meals to more than 2.7 million food-insecure children, training more than 16,000 parent-teacher associations (PTAs) on how to advocate for education and school feeding in their communities, and training more than 22,500 teachers on how to improve literacy. McGovern-Dole projects also supported the creation and rehabilitation of more than 6,200 facilities including latrines, kitchens, handwashing stations, and classrooms, and provided deworming medication to more than 1.2 million children.
In FY 2023, McGovern-Dole directly benefited more than 4.5 million children and community members, working to provide nutritious school meals in over 14,400 schools.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
