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Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress Report to Congress - October 2009

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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children - October 2009

Note: This is a report of the National Academies' Institute of Medicine (IOM), Food and Nutrition Board, which was commissioned by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. It is available here by permission. It may also be obtained through the Institute of Medicine website. The October 2009 version is a prepublication edition. The final version (same content, but with typographical errors corrected) will be available in a few months.

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Analysis of Verification Summary Data School Year 2007-08 - October 2009

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Direct Verification Pilot Study: Final Report - October 2009

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Pamphlet (132 KB)

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Calculating the SNAP Program Access Index: A Step-By-Step Guide - October 2009

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Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2008 - October 2009

WIC Eligibles and Coverage - 1994 to 2007: Estimates of the Population of Women, Infants, and Children Eligible for WIC Benefits - September 2009

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Improper Payments Data Collection Pilot Project - September 2009

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Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program  Participation Rates: 2000-2007 - June 2009

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Results of the Feasibility Study of Estimating the Risk of Meal Claiming Error in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) - May 2009

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Assessment of Sponsor Tiering Determinations 2007 - May 2009

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Dynamics of WIC Program Participation By Infants and Children 2001 to 2003 - April 2009

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Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2004-2006 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor - February 2009

This report provides technical documentation for the estimates included in the Reaching Those In Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2006. That report emphasizes the first estimates for 2006 and also presents revised estimates for the years 2004 and 2005.

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Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress (Report to Congress) - December 2008

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Reaching Those In Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2006 - November 2008

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FDPIR Food Package Nutritional Quality: Report to Congress - November 2008

Accuracy of LEA Processing of School Lunch Applications - Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA) 2007 - October 2008

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Calculating the Food Stamp Program Access Index: A Step-By-Step Guide - October 2008

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Last modified: 11/03/2009