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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Programs: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12917.
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Appendix B
Meeting Agendas

FIRST PANEL MEETING

September 1, 2009

10:00-10:10 am

Introduction of Meeting Participants

10:10-10:30

Purpose of Panel

Jay Hirschman, Director, Special Nutrition Staff, Office of Research and Evaluation, and Cindy Long, Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

10:30-11:15

Background on the School Meals Programs

Melissa Rothstein, Chief, Policy and Program Development Branch, and William Wagoner, Section Head, School Programs Section, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

11:15 am-12:00 pm

The American Community Survey

David Johnson, Chief of the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, and Alfredo Navarro, Assistant Division Chief for ACS Statistical Design, U.S. Census Bureau

12:00-1:00

Working Lunch to Continue Morning Discussions

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Programs: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12917.
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1:00-1:40

The Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program

Donald Luery, Chief, Small Area Methods Branch U.S. Census Bureau

1:40-2:10

Administrative Records for SNAP, TANF, FDPIR, and Other Programs: Challenges in Using Them to Prepare Counts by School Attendance Areas

Christopher Logan, Policy Analyst, Abt Associates

2:10-2:25

Break

2:25-3:35

Geographical Issues

The Building Blocks: Census Blocks and Tracts Michael Ratcliffe, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Defining School Attendance Areas from Blocks and Tracts in Philadelphia

Doug Geverdt, Data Integration Division, U.S. Census Bureau

School Attendance Boundary Information System (SABINS)

Salvatore Saporito and Stuart Hamilton, College of William and Mary

3:35-4:15

Local Area Requirements and Challenges: What to Consider in Designing Case Studies

John Endahl, Senior Program Analyst, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

4:15-5:00

Discussion

5:00

Adjourn

SECOND PANEL MEETING

October 29, 2009

9:30-9:40 am

Introduction of Meeting Participants

9:40-10:25

Income and Welfare Data: Potential Accuracy of ACS Estimates of Eligibility

John Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Programs: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12917.
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10:25-10:40

Break

10:40-11:30

Profiles of Participants in School Meals Programs and Impact of Income Volatility

Constance Newman, Economic Research Service, USDA

11:30 am-12:00 pm

Discussion

12:00-1:00

Working Lunch to Continue Discussions

1:00-1:45

The Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification (APEC) Study: Erroneous Payments in the NSLP and SBP

Michael Ponza, Mathematica Policy Research

1:45-2:30

State and District Experiences in Eliminating Reduced-Price Fees and Information on Administrative Costs

Kay E. Brown, U.S. Government Accountability Office

2:30-3:00

Discussion

3:00-3:15

Break

3:15-4:00

Direct Certification in the School Lunch Program Ed Harper, Chief, SN Analysis Branch/ORA, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

4:00-4:45

School Lunch Program Data Availability and Data Flow

Gary Vessels, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

4:45-5:15

Discussion

5:15

Adjourn

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Programs: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12917.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Programs: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12917.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Programs: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12917.
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The National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service 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 school-age children each day.

Under the most commonly adopted provisions, USDA reimburses districts for meals served on the basis of data collected in a "base year," during which applications are taken. After 3 or 4 years, applications must be taken again to establish new base-year data, unless the district provides evidence that local conditions have not changed.

A special provision that does not require applications to be taken every few years would reduce burden, be more attractive to school districts, and potentially increase student participation by expanding access to free meals. To support the development of such a provision, the Food and Nutrition Service asked the National Academies to study the technical and operational issues that arise in using data from the American Community Survey (ACS)--a new continuous survey replacing the long-form survey of the decennial census--to obtain estimates of students who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals for schools and school districts. Such estimates would be used to develop "claiming percentages" that, if sufficiently accurate, would determine federal reimbursements to districts for the schools that provide free meals to all students under a new special provision that eliminates the base-year requirements of current provisions.

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