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Child Nutrition

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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Entire Report (927 KB)

Direct Verification Pilot Study: Final Report - October 2009

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Pamphlet (132 KB)

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

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Entire Report (543 KB)

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

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Entire Report (473 KB)

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

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Diet Quality of American School-Age Children by School Lunch Participation Status:  Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004 - July 2008

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Report to Congress: The Nebraska Rural Area Eligibility Determination Pilot for the CACFP - July 2008

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Entire Report (1.12 MB)

School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study - II - April 2008

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Executive Summary (270 KB)

Entire Report (1.32 MB)

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment Of Sponsor Tiering Determinations 2006 - March 2008

The Pennsylvania SFSP Rural Area Eligibility Pilot Evaluation - February 2008

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Entire Report (858 KB)

School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study—III – November 2007

NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study – Erroneous Payments in the NSLP and SBP – November 2007

Direct Verification Pilot Study: First Year Report  - June 2007

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Entire Report (676 KB)

Accuracy of SFA Processing of School Lunch Applications - Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA) 2006  - April 2007

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Report to Congress: USDA's Simplified Summer Food Service Program 2001-2006 - April 2007

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Entire Report (266 KB)

Data Matching in the National School Lunch Program: 2005 - December 2006

Report Summary (corrected January 2007) (39 KB)

Volume 1: Final Report (revised February 2007) (1.3 MB)

Volume 2: Select Case Studies (809 KB)

Approaches to Direct Certification and Direct Verification: Guide for State and Local Agencies (released April 2007)
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of Sponsor Tiering Determinations - December 2006

Analysis of Verification Summary Data School Year 2004-2005 (Corrected) - November 2006

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Analysis of Summer Food Service Program and Food Needs of Nonparticipating Children - February 2006

Accuracy of SFA Processing of School Lunch Applications – Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA) 2005 - December 2005

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Preliminary Report on the Feasibility of Computer Matching in the National School Lunch Program - January 2005

Evaluation of the School Breakfast Pilot Project: Final Report - December 2004

Measuring Competitive Foods in Schools - May 2004

Case Study of National School Lunch Program Verification Outcomes in Large Metropolitan School Districts - April 2004

Evaluation of the 14 State Summer Food Service Program Pilot Project - April 2004

Evaluation of the National School Lunch Program Application/Verification Pilot Projects

Volume I: Impacts on Deterrence, Barriers, and Accuracy - February 2004

Volume II: Data Collection, Study Methods and Supplementary Tables on Certification Impacts - February 2004

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Volume III: Impacts on Participation - August 2004

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Volume IV: Analysis of Pilot Operations and Costs - August 2004

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Volume V: Analysis of Applications - August 2004

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Survey Instruments for NSLP Application/Verification Pilot Projects and Case Study of NSLP Outcomes in Large Metropolitan School Districts - May 2004

For reports published before 2004, visit the archives.

Last modified: 11/03/2009