Title Using American community survey data to expand access to the school meals program / Allen Schirm and Nancy Kirkendall, editors ; Panel on Estimating Children Eligible for School Nutrition Programs Using the American Community Survey, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2012] ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 380 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Introduction -- The school meals programs -- Technical approach -- Data analysis and results -- A plan for implementing the AEO -- Recommendations for future work Appendices: Glossary of acronyms and terms -- Estimates of eligible students using the American Community Survey -- Model-based estimates for school districts and school attendance areas -- American Community Survey (ACS) and small area income and poverty estimates (SAIPE)-like tabulations requested from the U.S. Census Bureau -- Data collected from school districts -- Addiitonal information about the panel's analyses -- Causes of systematic differences between American Community Survey (ACS) and administrative estimates Summary "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."--Publisher's description Notes "Prepublication Copy, Uncorrected Proofs"--PDF Page Header Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) Notes Print version record SUBJECT American community survey. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr98024118 American community survey fast Subject School children -- Food -- United States School children -- Nutrition -- Government policy -- United States National school lunch program. School children -- Food -- United States -- Statistics EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. National school lunch program School children -- Food Statistical services United States -- Statistical services. United States Genre/Form Statistics Form Electronic book Author Schirm, Allen L. Kirkendall, Nancy J. (Nancy Jean) National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Estimating Children Eligible for School Nutrition Programs Using the American Community Survey. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics. National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. LC no. 2012532767 ISBN 9780309257213 0309257212 9780309257237 0309257239

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