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Issues In Food Assistance - Program Targeting: Effects Of Meal Reimbursement Tiering On The Child And Adult Care Food Program

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A 1995 study of the family child care homes portion of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) found that nearly 80 percent of children served came from middle and higher income families. To refocus the program on low-income children, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act of 1996 mandated an income-targeted meal reimbursement structure and called for a study of its effects. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) contracted with Abt Associates Inc., for a study of the effects of tiered meal reimbursement on the family child care homes portion of the CACFP. A key study finding was that the family child care homes component of the CACFP became substantially more focused on low-income children after tiering was introduced.

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  • Ghelfi, Linda M., 2002. "Issues In Food Assistance - Program Targeting: Effects Of Meal Reimbursement Tiering On The Child And Adult Care Food Program," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 262265, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersfa:262265
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262265
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