Food Access & Food Insecurity

A family child care home provider sits at a table with three children and talks to them about the food they are eating while they share a lunch meal together.
Nutrition Policy Institute: Article

Evidence to Support an Additional CACFP Meal Reimbursement for Family Childcare Home Providers

December 3, 2024
By Danielle Lee, Kassandra A Bacon, Celeste Felix, KC Fiedler, Susana Matias, Lorrene D Ritchie
Policy Brief • December 2024 • Download PDF (284 KB) “Ideally, we would like a reimbursement for all the meals that we serve, which is five. But if I have a secondary choice, I would want to be reimbursed four meals, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus either AM snack or PM snack.” – Family childcare…
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Nutrition Policy Institute: Article

Challenges Experienced by Child and Adult Care Food Program Sponsors

November 24, 2024
By Danielle Lee, KC Fiedler, Kassandra A Bacon, Reka Vasicsek, Lorrene D Ritchie
Research Brief • November 2024 • Download PDF (171 KB)BackgroundThe federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, or CACFP, provides nutritious meals and snacks to over 4.7 million US children, predominantly from families with lower incomes, through reimbursements to their childcare providers.1 Family childcare…
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Nutrition Policy Institute: Article

Expanded Shopping Options Needed to Improve WIC Participants’ Shopping Experience

October 17, 2024
By Danielle Lee, Celeste Felix, KC Fiedler, Lorrene D Ritchie
Policy Brief • October 2024 • Download PDF (305 KB)What is the Issue?The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides supplemental food, nutrition education and referrals to over 6.7 million U.S. women, infants and children with low-income, who are at nutrition risk…
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Nutrition Policy Institute: Article

WIC App Modifications Needed to Improve WIC Participants’ Shopping Experience

October 16, 2024
By Danielle Lee, Celeste Felix, KC Fiedler, Lorrene D Ritchie
Policy Brief • October 2024 • Download PDF (265 KB)What is the Issue?The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides supplemental food, nutrition education and referrals to over 6.7 million U.S. women, infants and children with low-income and who are at nutrition…
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Arizona Food Service Director Survey Findings: Experiences transitioning from meals free of charge for all students

August 28, 2024
By Monica D Zuercher, Lorrene D Ritchie, Wendi Gosliner
Research Brief • August 2024 • Download PDF (153 KB)BackgroundIn March 2023, an online survey gathered insights from Arizona food service directors (FSDs) about their experiences implementing school meal programs during the 2022-23 school year (SY) after the federal waivers allowing school meals to be…
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Texas Food Service Director Survey Findings: Experiences transitioning from meals free of charge for all students

August 28, 2024
By Monica D Zuercher, Lorrene D Ritchie, Wendi Gosliner
Research Brief • August 2024 • Download PDF (224 KB)BackgroundIn March 2023, an online survey gathered insights from Texas foodservice directors (FSDs) about their experiences implementing school meals during the 2022-23 school year (SY) after the federal waivers allowing school meals to be served free…
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A young girl sitting at a table with other young children grabs a bowl of fruit.
Nutrition Policy Institute: Article

Research Shows that CACFP Helps Fill Nutrition Gaps for Preschoolers

May 2, 2022
By Danielle Lee
Policy Brief • May 2022CACFP Delivers Healthy Food for PreschoolersIt is important to lay the foundation for healthy eating habits early in life.1 The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides balanced and nutritious meals to nearly 800,000 California preschoolers daily.2Nutrition…
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