This report describes exploratory work to develop a simulation model to predict the potential effects of changes in policies and practices related to school meals and school food environments.

Examines the first results of Virginia’s welfare reform waiver experiment that began in 1995, finding that it quickly increased employment relative to what it would have been under pre-welfare-reform policies, although the effects differed by site.

This brief describes exploratory work to develop a simulation model to predict the potential implications of changes that may be coming in policies and practices related to school meals and school food environments.

Notes that the VIEW program increased participants' earnings and employment and encouraged work. The findings, which are similar to those from other studies of programs that combine time limits with generous earnings disregards, also suggest that the program did not decrease TANF participation...

Describes the design of a national study of USDA's Summer Food Service Program, created in 1975 to provide children from low-income families with nutritious meals when school is not in session, including appropriate sample and data collection methodologies, analytic methods, and study costs. On...

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This report describes exploratory work to develop a simulation model to predict the potential effects of changes in policies and practices related to school meals and school food environments.