Alleviating Hunger: Progress and Prospects : Hearing Before the Select Committee on Hunger, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, June 26, 1984 |
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Page 349 - 19. Fact Sheet on the Food Stamp "Cap," by the Food Research and Action Center, March 1979. 20. Survey of Massachusetts, Minnesota and Baltimore on children without breakfast by the Food and Nutrition Service of the US Department of Agriculture, 1978.
Page 302 - The significant accounting policies followed are described below to enhance the usefulness of the financial statements to the reader: Fund Accounting: To ensure observance of limitations and restrictions placed on the use of resources available to
Page 303 - is accounted for in the fund owning such assets, except for income derived from investments of endowment and similar funds, which income is accounted for in the fund to which it is restricted or. if unrestricted, as revenue in
Page 303 - All gains and losses arising from the sale, collection, or other disposition of investments and other noncash assets are accounted for in the fund which owned such assets Income derived from investments
Page 332 - where visitors ten years ago could quickly see large numbers of stunted, apathetic children with swollen stomachs and the dull eyes and poorly healing wounds characteristic of malnutrition— such children are not to be seen in such numbers.
Page 304 - in the circumstances. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly the financial position of
Page 116 - hungry, that no family will fear for its next day's bread, and that no human being's future and capacities will be stunted by malnutrition.
Page 282 - You give but little when you give of your possessions, it is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Page 304 - 1983, and the related statements of support, revenue, and expenses and changes in fund balances and of functional expenses for the year then ended. Our examination
Page 148 - may be donated through foreign governments and public and nonprofit private humanitarian organizations. However, donations must be coordinated with and complement other US foreign assistance efforts and comply with the principle of additionality.