Child Nutrition Program Operations Study (CN-OPS-II): School Year 2017-18

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Reports on policy, administrative, and operational issues in Child Nutrition (CN) programs in the United States. Analyzes 2,000 State agencies (SAs) and School Food Authorities (SFAs) to provide a nationally representative sample with 2017-2018 data on finances and eligibility related to school meals, meeting nutritional standards, implementation of policies to purchase local food, and more. Includes breakdown of data by SFA size, urbanicity, U.S. region, and percent of children approved for free or reduced price (F/RP) meals.

Jim Murdoch, Steven Garasky, Susan Ullrich, et al.

11/2022

USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Benefit enrollment and application · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data