Government document (MLA)

Works cited entries

United States, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Child Nutrition Programs. Eligibility Manual for School Meals: Determining and Verifying Eligibility. National School Lunch Program, July 2015, www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/cn/SP40_CACFP18_SFSP20-2015a1.pdf.

Canada, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. 2015-16 Report on Plans and Priorities. Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2015.

MLA-218

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