Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Programs

Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Programs
Author :
Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 383
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780309257206
ISBN-13 : 0309257204
Rating : 4/5 (204 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Programs by : National Research Council

Download or read book Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Programs written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-11-18 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are key components of the nation's food security safety net, providing free or low-cost meals to millions of schoolchildren each day. To qualify their children each year for free or reduced-price meals, many families must submit applications that school officials distribute and review. To reduce this burden on families and schools and to encourage more children to partake of nutritious meals, USDA regulations allow school districts to operate their meals programs under special provisions that eliminate the application process and other administrative procedures in exchange for providing free meals to all students enrolled in one or more school in a district. FNS asked the National Academies' Committee on National Statistics and Food and Nutrition Board to convene a panel of experts to investigate the technical and operational feasibility of using data from the continuous American Community Survey (ACS) to estimate students eligible for free and reduced-price meals for schools and school districts. The ACS eligibility estimates would be used to develop "claiming percentages" that, if sufficiently accurate, would determine the USDA reimbursements to districts for schools that provided free meals to all students under a new special provision that eliminated the ongoing base-year requirements of current provisions. Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Program was conducted in two phases. It first issued an interim report (National Research Council, 2010), describing its planned approach for assessing the utility of ACS-based estimates for a special provision to expand access to free school meals. This report is the final phase which presents the panel's findings and recommendations.

Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Programs Related Books

Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Programs
Language: en
Pages: 383
Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-18 - Publisher: National Academies Press

GET EBOOK

The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are
Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Programs
Language: en
Pages: 141
Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-10 - Publisher: National Academies Press

GET EBOOK

The National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Using the American Community Survey
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: Constance F. Citro
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a major new initiative from the U.S. Census Bureau designed to provide continuously updated information on the numbers an
A Guidebook for Using American Community Survey Data for Transportation Planning
Language: en
Pages: 285
Authors: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Categories: American community survey
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Transportation Research Board

GET EBOOK

Explores incorporating the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) data into the transportation planning processes at national, state, metropolitan
American Community Survey Data for Community Planning
Language: en
Pages: 199
Authors: Cynthia Murray Taeuber
Categories: Cities and towns
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Trafford Publishing

GET EBOOK

American Community Survey Data for Community Planning helps new and expert data users: Learn practical skills for finding and using population and housing stati