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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 | Benefit Content/Cost
    Analysis of Robotic Process Automation in SNAP: Three Case Studies
        ​This study examines the use of robotic process automation technologies by three state agencies—Georgia, New Mexico, and Connecticut—to administer SNAP.
      09/20/2023
    Resource | Data | Cost Study
    USDA Food Plans
        USDA produces four food plans outlining practical, nutritious diets at successively higher cost levels: the Thrifty, Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans. The Thrifty Food Plan serves as the basis for maximum allotments in SNAP.
      08/03/2023
    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
    Expanding Opportunities and Reducing Barriers to Work: Final Summary Report
        Section 4022 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 authorized and funded the SNAP employment and training pilots and the evaluation. The final summary report presents findings drawn from the 10 pilot-specific final evaluation reports. The pilot-specific final reports and issue briefs on lessons from the pilots on administering and delivering services in SNAP E&T programs are also available.
      05/17/2022
    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 | 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
    School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study
        This study is the first nationally representative, comprehensive assessment of the school meal programs since the updated nutrition standards for school meals were phased in beginning School Year 2012-2013. A study methodology report that describes the study design, sampling and data collection and a summary report that provides a brief overview of the study and key findings from the various reports are also available.
      10/19/2021
    Resource | Notices | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Comment Request - School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study-II
        This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection for the School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study-II. The purpose of SNMCS-II is to provide a comprehensive picture of school food service operations and the nutritional quality, cost, and acceptability of meals served in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.
      09/14/2021
    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 | Benefit Content/Cost
    WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018 Food Packages and Costs Report
        ​​This report supplements FNS administrative data on total food costs by estimating the average monthly food costs for each WIC participant category and food package type. It also estimates total pre- and post-rebate dollars spent on 18 major categories of WIC-eligible foods in FY 2018.
      01/11/2021

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