Using American Community Survey data to expand access to the school meals programs / / Panel on Estimating Children Eligible for School Nutrition Programs Using the American Community Survey ; Allen L. Schirm and Nancy J. Kirkendall, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

• TeilnehmendeR: Schirm, Allen L.,; Kirkendall, Nancy J.; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics,; National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,
• Place / Publishing House: Washington, District of Columbia : : National Academies Press,, [2012]; 2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (406 pages) :; illustrations (some color)

"The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are key components of the nation's food security safety net, providing free or low-cost meals to millions of schoolchildren each day....

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• The school meals programs
• Technical approach
• Data analysis and results
• A plan for implementing the AEO
• Recommendations for future work.
• Appendices: Glossary of acronyms and terms
• Estimates of eligible students using the American Community Survey
• Model-based estimates for school districts and school attendance areas
• American Community Survey (ACS) and small area income and poverty estimates (SAIPE)-like tabulations requested from the U.S. Census Bureau
• Data collected from school districts
• Addiitonal information about the panel's analyses
• Causes of systematic differences between American Community Survey (ACS) and administrative estimates.