{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-33.028","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 33.028","heading":"GRANT PROGRAMS FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION.","body":"(a) The department shall develop a program under which the department awards grants to:\n(1) participants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Head Start program, or other early childhood education programs to operate nutrition education programs for children who are at least three years of age but younger than five years of age; and\n(2) community and faith-based initiatives that provide recreational, social, volunteer, leadership, mentoring, or developmental programs to incorporate nutrition education into programs provided for children younger than 19 years of age.\n(b) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of this section.\n(c) The department may adopt rules as necessary to administer the grant programs established under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 728 (S.B. 282), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.166, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL","SUBTITLE C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 33. NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS","SUBCHAPTER A. NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.33.htm#33.028","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"cf65d2eee58c8e224c7ea7b3f881eff08c8a25cb9da60f32ad2558e53d97af97","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-33.0271","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-33.029"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}