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Hulsey, Lara; Gordon, Anne; Leftin, Joshua; Beyler, Nicholas; Schirm, Allen; Smither-Wulsin, Claire; Crumbley, Will – US Department of Agriculture, 2015
This report presents findings from the Access Evaluation, a study component that is designed to assess the potential impacts of direct certification-Medicaid (DC-M) on students' access to free school meals by conducting retrospective simulations of DC-M in school year 2011-2012, the year before the demonstration began. For the Access Evaluation,…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Welfare Services, Income
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Gleason, Philip; Burghardt, John; Strasberg, Paul; Hulsey, Lara – Evaluation Review, 2008
Programs using means tests to identify low-income households face a trade-off between promoting access and ensuring program integrity. The authors use a comparison-district design to estimate the effects of a pilot program to improve the accuracy of the process of certifying students for free or reduced-price meals in the National School Lunch…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Low Income, Eligibility, Lunch Programs
Burghardt, John; Silva, Tim; Hulsey, Lara – US Department of Agriculture, 2004
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) provide federal financial assistance and commodities to schools serving lunches and breakfasts that meet required nutrition standards. Under the NSLP and the SBP, millions of American students receive a free or reduced-price lunch and/or breakfast every school day.…
Descriptors: Income, Federal Aid, Eligibility, Nutrition