Using American Community Survey data to expand access to the school meals programs [electronic resource] / Panel on Estimating Children Eligible for School Nutrition Programs Using the American Community Survey ; Allen L. Schirm and Nancy J. Kirkendall, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Estimating Children Eligible for School Nutrition Programs Using the American Community Survey, issuing body.; Schirm, Allen L., editor.; Kirkendall, Nancy J. (Nancy Jean), editor.; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics, issuing body.; National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, issuing body.
2012
LB3479.U6 N38 2012eb
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Using American Community Survey data to expand access to the school meals programs [electronic resource] / Panel on Estimating Children Eligible for School Nutrition Programs Using the American Community Survey ; Allen L. Schirm and Nancy J. Kirkendall, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Estimating Children Eligible for School Nutrition Programs Using the American Community Survey, issuing body.
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0309257204
9780309257206
9780309257213 electronic book
9780309257206
9780309257213 electronic book
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Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2012]
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©2012
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English
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1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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LB3479.U6 N38 2012eb
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371.716
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"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.
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Table of 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.
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.