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      National and State Level Estimates of WIC Eligibility and Program Reach in 2021
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ResetResource | Research, Analysis & Background | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Child Nutrition Program Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March Through September 2020
        This data collection fulfills states’ reporting requirements and describes trends in program participation during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part of an ongoing study series examining CN program operations, repurposed to collect waiver reports from all states.
      05/23/2023
    Resource | Research, Analysis & Background | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Conducting Remote WIC Certification Appointments During the COVID-19 Pandemic
        The physical presence waiver, issued under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, allowed WIC state and local agencies to remotely certify participants into WIC during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report summarizes data collected from surveys of WIC state and local agencies about the use of the physical presence waiver and the impact it had on WIC services.
      04/26/2023
    Resource | Research, Analysis & Background | Assessing/Improving Operations
    The Use and Impact of Federal Waivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Summary Findings From Surveys of WIC State and Local Agencies
        Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, the USDA FNS issued certain programmatic waivers to state agencies to support continued access to WIC services and provide flexibilities to some administrative requirements. This brief report summarizes findings about the use and impact of these waivers from surveys of WIC state and local agencies.
      04/26/2023
    Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Changes in WIC Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A First Look at the Impact of Federal Waivers
        This preliminary report summarizes key changes, improvements, and challenges to WC operations as delivered under the physical presence and remote benefit issuance waivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings represent a first, high-level look at survey data collected from state and local WIC agencies to fulfill reporting requirements for waivers issued under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
      04/26/2023
    Resource | Research | Benefit Content/Cost
    WIC Food Cost-Containment Practices Study
        The WIC Food Cost-Containment Practices Study describes the voluntarily approaches state agencies used in 2018 to reduce food costs when selecting and authorizing WIC foods. This study is the second of its kind; the first was conducted by the USDA Economic Research Service in 2003. This report examines how six types of food cost-containment practices are associated with food costs and WIC participant satisfaction, benefit redemption, and food consumption in 12 state agencies.
      11/09/2022
    Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    USDA Community Eligibility Provision Characteristics Study, SY 2016-17
        This Community Eligibility Provision Characteristics study is the first comprehensive study since CEP became available nationwide in SY 2014-15. The study was designed to provide USDA with information about the impact of CEP and includes both an implementation and impact component.
      03/17/2022
    Resource | Research | Impacts/Evaluations
    Evaluation of the Independent Review of Applications in USDA Child Nutrition Programs
        This study examined the processes, procedures, and effectiveness of a second, independent review of applications for certain local education agencies under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The requirement, which was first implemented in School Year 2014-15, is intended to reduce administrative certification error in LEA processing of household applications.
      12/01/2021
    Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    USDA Summer Meals Study
        The Summer Meals Study provides a comprehensive, nationally representative assessment of the two summer meal programs operated by USDA: the Summer Food Service Program and the National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option. It is the first national study to simultaneously examine the facilitators and barriers to program participation among participating and nonparticipating families, sponsors, and sites. This study examines the characteristics of participating and nonparticipating children, including sociodemographic characteristics, household food security status, reasons for participation or nonparticipation, and satisfaction with the meals served to children in the summer of 2018.
      10/20/2021
    Resource | Notices | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Information Collection: Fourth Access, Participation, Eligibility and Certification Study Series (APEC IV)
        This collection is a reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired for the fourth Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification study series (APEC IV).
      08/04/2021
    Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Assessing the Child Nutrition State Administrative Expense Formula
        FNS provides state administrative expense (SAE) funds to state agencies to support administration and oversight of federal child nutrition programs in their state. This study examines the formula used for allocations of SAE funds, identifies factors that influence state agency spending, and presents a series of options for consideration to potentially improve SAE allocations and procedures.
      08/25/2020

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