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

Craig Gundersen , Rosanna Mentzer Morrison ; Linda M. Ghelfi

United States Department of Agriculture

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;   

RP-ID  :  FANRR-34-4

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 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.