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| Autor/inn/en | Moore, Quinn; Conway, Kevin; Kyler, Brandon; Gothro, Andrew |
|---|---|
| Institution | Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) (USDA), Office of Policy Support (OPS); Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. |
| Titel | Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress, School Year 2013-2014. Report to Congress. Special Nutrition Programs Report No. CN-14-DC. Nutrition Assistance Program Report Series |
| Quelle | (2015), (100 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | National Programs; Lunch Programs; Certification; Eligibility; School Districts; Low Income Students; Performance; Best Practices; Child Health; Federal Legislation; Nutrition; Federal Aid; Federal Programs; State Programs; United States |
| Abstract | This report responds to the legislative requirement of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L.110-234) to assess the effectiveness of State and local efforts to directly certify children for free school meals under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Direct certification is a process conducted by the States and by local education agencies (LEAs) to certify certain children for free school meals without the need for household applications. The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 required all LEAs to establish, by school year (SY) 2008-2009, a system of direct certification of children from households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) requires that States meet certain direct certification performance targets. For SY 2013-2014, States that fail to achieve a direct certification rate of at least 95 percent are required to develop and implement continuous improvement plans. The performance target will remain at 95 percent in future years. Ninety-three percent of LEAs that participate in the NSLP directly certified some SNAP participants and other categorically eligible students in SY 2013-2014. These LEAs enroll 99 percent of all students in schools that participate in the NSLP. This is an increase from SY 2004- 2005, when 56 percent of LEAs, enrolling 77 percent of all students in NSLP schools, directly certified some categorically eligible students. The number of school-age SNAP participants directly certified for free school meals was 12.4 million for SY 2013-2014, an increase of 1 percent from SY 2012-2013. This year the methodology for calculating the direct certification performance rate was refined in order to make use of new data elements collected in the revised Verification Collection Report (FNS-742) and the new Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (FNS-834). Therefore, direct certification performance rates presented in this report are not directly comparable to those in reports from prior years. The results of the analysis in this report indicate that 87 percent of children in SNAP households were directly certified for free school meals. Twelve States achieved the HHFKA-mandated performance target of 95 percent, and no States had a direct certification rate lower than 60 percent. [For the summary report, see ED616759. For the SY 2012-2013 report, see ED616756.] (As Provided). |
| Anmerkungen | US Department of Agriculture. 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250. Web site: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2024/1/01 |
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