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SNA Legislative Action Conference 2006
March 13, 2006
FNS Research UpdateAlberta Frost, Director
Office of Analysis, Nutrition, & Evaluation
Selected Ongoing or Recently Completed Studies
• Improve Program Access – Analysis of SFSP and Food Needs of
Nonparticipating Children– Pennsylvania SFSP Rural Eligibility
Pilot Project
• Build A HealthierUS/Obesity Prevention– School Nutrition Dietary Assessment
Study-III (SNDA-III)
Selected Ongoing or Recently Completed Studies
• Improve Program Integrity– Feasibility of Data Matching in NSLP– Regional Office Review of Applications
(RORA)– NSLP/SBP Access, Participation,
Eligibility and Certification Study (APEC) – School Lunch and Breakfast Meal Cost
Study – CACFP Sponsor Tiering Determination
Studies Being Presented Today
• School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study-III (SNDA-III)
• Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA)
• NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility and Certification Study (APEC)
• School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study -II
School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study-III (SNDA-III)
• Agency’s periodic assessment of the nutritional effects of school meals.
• SNDA-II (School Year 1998-1999) examined the nutritional quality of school meals (not intakes).
• This nationally representative study will examine:– SFA characteristics/operations– Nutritional quality of meals offered/served – Participant characteristics – Student dietary intakes and the contribution of
school meals to these intakes.
SNDA-III
• Sample includes about 135 public SFAs, 400 schools, and 2,400 students.
• Data collected in School Year 2004/05 is currently being analyzed.
• Final reports are expected in Fall 2006
Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA)
– Study Objective: Estimate the rate of administrative accuracy in:
• SFA eligibility determinations for f/rp meals• SFA meal ticket status
– Nationally representative sample of 56 SFAs– Random sample of about 50 applications per SFA
collected by Regional staff in SY 2004/05 and analyzed by FNS Headquarter staff
– Report Released in December 2005– Similar data collection to continue in future years
RORA 2005 Results
• SFAs made incorrect eligibility determinations on 3.5% of approved/denied applications at the time of certification.
• The percentage of applications in error was slightly higher (4.2%) for income-based applications only.
• 83 percent of the incorrectly certified applications resulted in students being certified for more benefits than were justified.
Accuracy of SFA Eligibility Certification Determinations Among Approved and Denied Applicants SY 2004/05
CorrectDecision96.5%
IncorrectDecision3.5%
More BenefitsThan Justified
2.9%
Less BenefitsThan Justified
0.6%
NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study (APEC)
• This study is being undertaken to meet the requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-300) for estimating the extent of overpayments, underpayments and overall erroneous payments made under NSLP and SBP.
• This study will examine erroneous payments attributable to misclassification of students (administrative error, household misreporting) and meal counting and claiming errors.
APEC
• Data is being collected in SY 2005-2006, from a nationally representative sample of:– About 240 schools in 80 SFAs– About 3,200 household.
• Data collection includes:– record abstractions (applications, meal count and
claiming forms)– telephone surveys of SFA staff– in-person interviews with households– on-site observation of cashier transactions.
• Final report is expected in 2007.
School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study – II
• Study objective: Determine the average cost of producing reimbursable school meals
• This study will use a direct measurement approach similar to the methodology used in the last meal cost study completed in 1994.
School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study – II
• On-site data collection will occur in about 3 schools in a nationally representative sample of 122 school districts during SY 2005/06.
• Review of final FY 2005/06 annual financial statements, review of indirect cost allocations and identification of unreported costs will occur in Fall 2006.
• A final report is expected in Fall 2007.
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