schoolsocioeconomicdisparitylunchfree and reduced price lunchWashington StateIn this cross-sectional study, the frequency of fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption was assessed in Washington State middle school students eligible for free and reduced price meals (FRPM). Though students eligible for FRPM ...
Universal Access to Free School Meals through the Community Eligibility Provision Is Associated with Better Attendance for Low-Income Elementary School Stu... Universal Access to Free School Meals through the Community Eligibility Provision Is Associated with Better Attendance for Low-Income Elementary Scho...
Universal free mealsBackground Beginning in 2014-2015, schools nationwide have had the option of offering free meals to all students in qualifying schools through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). The CEP has been linked to greater likelihood of eating school meals, but little is known ...
An association between CEP and attendance was only found for economically disadvantaged students. Conclusions: Offering meals free to all students through the CEP may modestly reduce the risk of low attendance among economically disadvantaged students in participating schools....
doi:10.2139/ssrn.3949205We find access to universal free school meals through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) had a meaningful impact on grocery spending for households withMarcus, MichelleYewell, KatherineSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Verification of Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast ProgramsCFR Parts and
We propose using school-level percentages of student eligibility for free/reduced-price meals (%FRPM) as a proxy for individual-level poverty. Methods: Using the New York City (NYC) 2009 YRBS, we created school-level poverty quartiles to append to individual YRBS records by ranking schools by...
The Journal of School HealthDay SE, Hinterland K, Myers C, Gupta L, Harris TG, Konty KJ (2016) A school-level proxy measure for individual-level poverty using school-level eligibility for free and reduced-price meals. J Sch Health 86(3):204-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12371...
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), like many school-based data sources, lacks individual-level poverty information. We propose using school-level percentages of student eligibility for free/reduced-price meals (%FRPM) as a proxy for individual-level poverty.Day, Sophia E.Hinterland, Kinjia...
reported percentage of children eligible for free or reduced-price lunch—referred below as free school meals, and (2) parental reports of their child’s receiving free school lunch. Attendance was reported by school administrators as a percent of enrolled children attending school on an average da...