PREFACE
This study was conducted within RAND's Center for the Study of
Food and Nutrition Policy as part of RAND's Child Nutrition Analysis
Project (CNAP) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and
Nutrition Service. This report details a study of state nutritional
monitoring data. It is aimed at anyone interested in the operation of
child nutrition programs.
This is a companion to the case studies of the School Meals Initiative
(SMI) review process of seven states, containing their responses to a
detailed questionnaire. The analysis of the responses is provided in a
separate Liisa Hiatt and Jacob Alex Klerman monograph report, State
Monitoring of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Nutritional
Content, RAND MR-1296-USDAFNS.
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