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Community Eligibility Provision and School Meal Participation among Student Subgroups
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Tan, May Lynn; Laraia, Barbara; Madsen, Kristine A.; Johnson, Rucker C.; Ritchie, Lorrene – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: The National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs help to reduce food insecurity and improve nutrition. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) enables high-poverty schools to offer breakfast and lunch at no cost to all students. This study examines associations between CEP and participation among students eligible for free or…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Hunger
Academic and Attendance Outcomes after Participation in a School Breakfast Program
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Chandrasekhar, Aparajita; Xie, Luyu; Mathew, Matthew S.; Fletcher, Julie G.; Craker, Kelsey; Parayil, Megin; Messiah, Sarah E. – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Little is known about how school breakfast programs are associated with school attendance and academic performance. This study evaluated Dallas Independent School District's (DISD) breakfast after the bell (BATB) program that provides breakfast for both habitually tardy and non-tardy students on (1) academic performance and (2) student…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students
School Breakfast Club Programs in Australian Primary Schools, Not Just Addressing Food Insecurity: A Qualitative Study
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Jose, Kim; MacDonald, Fiona; Vandenberg, Miriam; Williams, Julie; Abbott-Chapman, Joan; Venn, Alison; Smith, Kylie J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: Many Australian primary schools have established school breakfast clubs (SBCs) to address concerns about children arriving at school hungry and the subsequent impact on learning but their effectiveness is uncertain. This study aimed to identify the perceived benefits, impacts, operational practices, and challenges of running SBCs.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Breakfast Programs, Clubs
Cost-Effective Analyses of an Urban Public School District's Classroom Breakfast Program
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Walker, Elaine; Sutherland, Marcia E.; Coppola, Nanci; Williams-Barker, Annalesa – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: We assessed the cost-effectiveness and student outcomes related to providing breakfast in the classroom (BIC) setting versus breakfast in the traditional school cafeteria (Cafe). Methods: The sample included 2906 African American and Hispanic students attending urban elementary and middle schools in a city in the Northeastern United…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Cost Effectiveness, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Schoolwide Free Meals and Student Discipline: Effects of the Community Eligibility Provision
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Gordon, Nora; Ruffini, Krista – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
This paper examines whether schoolwide free meals affect disciplinary outcomes, focusing on the use of suspensions. Under the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), schools serving sufficiently high-poverty populations may enroll their entire student bodies in free lunch and breakfast programs, extending free meals to some students who would not…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Lunch Programs, Discipline, Suspension
Relationship between Hunger and Psychosocial Functioning in Low-Income American Children
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Murphy, J. Michael; Wehler, Cheryl A.; Pagano, Maria E.; Little, Michelle; Kleinman, Ronald E.; Jellinek, Michael S. – Online Submission, 1998
Using large-scale surveys from nine states, the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) estimates that 8% of American children under the age of 12 years experience hunger each year. CCHIP operationalizes child hunger as multiple experiences of parent-reported food insufficiency due to constrained resources. The current study…
Descriptors: Hunger, Individual Development, Low Income Students, Elementary School Students