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      National and State Level Estimates of WIC Eligibility and Program Reach in 2021
    Research, Analysis & Background
              October 2023 Keydata Report
    Nutrition Assistance Programs Keydata Release
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ResetResource | Research, Analysis & Background | Nutrition Education
    FY 2022 USDA Nutrition Education Coordination
        This report offers a description of nutrition education within USDA and a summary of coordinated nutrition education activities completed from October 2021 through September 2022. Activities include nutrition education defined by statute, policies that encourages nutrition education or promotion, and USDA priorities.
      08/01/2023
    Resource | Report | Promoting Healthy Eating
    Evaluation of the FY 2020 Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Project
        This report presents findings from the evaluation of the first Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives project. The project tested take-up of incentives delivered through coupons issued to SNAP participants when they purchased "qualifying fluid milk" with their SNAP benefits at four pilot stores in west Texas.
      03/16/2023
    Resource | Research, Analysis & Background | General/Other
    Food Safety Research: Farm to School
        FNS advances food safety education and practices in federal nutrition assistance programs through research conducted by the Center for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs (the Center). To better understand food safety concerns associated with fresh produce and farm to school activities, the Center conducted a study.
      03/09/2023
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    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 | Food Security
    USDA Nutrition Education Coordination Report to Congress, FY 2021
        USDA's nutrition assistance programs touch the lives of one in four American consumers annually and the nutrition education efforts associated with select programs offer a powerful opportunity to promote food security and improve dietary quality among eligible individuals and families.
      08/25/2022
    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 | General/Other
    Evaluation of the Implementation of Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentives (FINI): Final Report
        This study represents the final findings of the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant (FINI) Evaluation. The study Includes information about the amount of incentives issued and redeemed at FINI retailers and characteristics of the retailers involved in the grant program. Overall, over 71 percent of benefits issued were redeemed. Redemption rates were highest at retailers that specialized in selling fruits and vegetables.
      11/03/2021
    Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Study of Nutrition and Activity in Childcare Settings in USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (SNACS)
        Centers and family daycare homes participating in CACFP play an important role in supporting the health and wellness of the children they serve. The Study of Nutrition and Activity in Childcare Settings  is the first nationally representative, comprehensive assessment of the CACFP. Data were collected in program year 2016–17 from CACFP providers and participating children on nutritional quality of meals served, nutrient intake of participating children, meal costs and revenues, and more. Findings serve as an important baseline for the subsequent updates to the meal pattern and nutrition standards, which were implemented in October 2017.
      10/25/2021
    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 | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Farm to School Census and Comprehensive Review
        The Farm to School Census and Comprehensive Review includes the 2019 Farm to School Census; a descriptive review of the USDA Farm to School grant program; a review of published research on farm to school since 2010; and a set of interviews with school food distributors.
      07/15/2021

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