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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; Gleason, Philip; Sinclair, Michael; Cohen, Rhoda; Hulsey, Lara; Milliner-Waddell, Julita – US Department of Agriculture, 2004
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sponsored the NSLP Application/Verification Pilot Projects to test ways to improve the process for certifying students for free or reduced-price meals. This report presents findings on the impacts of two alternatives to the current application based certification process--Up-Front Documentation and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Lunch Programs, Nutrition