Food Assistance Research Brief-Certifying Eligibility in the National School Lunch Program

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英文名称：

Food Assistance Research Brief-Certifying Eligibility in the National School Lunch Program

作者：

Craig Gundersen; Rosanna Mentzer Morrison; Linda M. Ghelfi

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46728

关键词：

National School Lunch Program;  Food Stamp Program;  hunger;  food insecurity;  food assistance programs;  nutrition;  dietary and health effects;  food security;  program eligibility;  poor families; 

年份：

2003

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

2 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Nutritionally balanced National School Lunch Program (NSLP) meals are available in almost all public and many private schools. Any child at a participating school may purchase a lunch through the NSLP; over half of the 25 million NSLP lunches served on an average school day in 2001 were given to children free or at a reduced price. Current regulations allow children to be certified for free or reduced-priced lunches in two ways-direct certification based on documentation from State or local welfare offices, or certification based on an application from a child's parent or guardian. This report examines whether students who are not eligible for free or reduced-cost meals are receiving meals.