Health impacts of food assistance: evidence from the United States

MP Bitler, A Seifoddini - Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
This review focuses on the health and nutrition impacts of food assistance programs. We
focus particular attention on the United States, both because of the plethora of types of …

Universal access to free school meals and student achievement: Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision

K Ruffini - Journal of Human Resources, 2022 - jhr.uwpress.org
The school meals program is the largest nutritional assistance program for school-aged
children. Whereas program eligibility historically was determined by family income, recent …

Impact of the Community Eligibility Provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on student nutrition, behavior, and academic outcomes: 2011–2019

AA Hecht, KM Pollack Porter… - American journal of …, 2020 - ajph.aphapublications.org
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows high-poverty schools participating in US
Department of Agriculture meal programs to offer universal free breakfast and lunch …

How did school meal access change during the COVID-19 pandemic? A two-step floating catchment area analysis of a large metropolitan area

J Jabbari, Y Chun, P Nandan, L McDermott… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) resulted in school closures and contingencies across the US that
limited access to school meals for students. While some schools attempted to provide …

Stop the shame and the hunger: The need for school meal program reform

KM Gagliano, MO Yassa, A Winsler - Children and Youth Services Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The current School Meal Program (SMP) system has existed in the US for more
than seventy years, with the intent to offer free and reduced-price meals to students in need …

The effect of free school meals on household food purchases: evidence from the community eligibility provision

M Marcus, KG Yewell - Journal of Health Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
We find access to universal free school meals through the Community Eligibility Provision
(CEP) had a meaningful impact on grocery spending for households with children, with …

Free lunch for all? The impact of universal school lunch on student misbehavior

DT Altindag, D Baek, H Lee, J Merkle - Economics of Education Review, 2020 - Elsevier
South Korean primary and secondary schools have been providing free lunches only to low-
income students since the 1980s. In the early 2010s, the Free School Meal Program (FSMP) …

Household food security status of families with children attending schools that participate in the community eligibility provision (CEP) and those with children attending …

SM Gross, TL Kelley, M Augustyn… - Journal of Hunger & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the association of household food security and school participation in
the community eligibility provision (CEP). Surveys were collected from 427 households …

The effect of the community eligibility provision on the ability of free and reduced-price meal data to identify disadvantaged students

C Koedel, E Parsons - Educational Evaluation and Policy …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a policy change to the federally administered
National School Lunch Program that allows schools serving low-income populations to …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of universal free meals on student perceptions of school climate: Evidence from New York City

E Gutierrez - EdWorking Paper, 2021 - edworkingpapers.org
In a 2014 report, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) found almost half of
districts nationwide had some form of “shaming policy,” in which students with unpaid meal …