Child Nutrition Program Reauthorization Center

Information on the "Overcertification" Debate

• USDA Studies Find that Income Verification in the National School Lunch Program Does Harm, Without Doing Good (2/25/04)
  
  
• Fall Recess Message: Urge Congress to Enact Positive Improvements and Do No Harm to the Child Nutrition Programs (10/8/03)
  

• Policy Brief on "Overcertification" (9/30/03)
  
  
• Talking Points on the "Overcertification" Debate (9/30/03)
  
  
• Media Coverage of the Debate Over School Lunch "Overcertification"
  
  
• Selected Media Quotes on "Overcertification"
  
  
• House Lawmakers Warn Administration Against Plan on School Lunch Program
  
  
• New Analysis Shows "Overcertification" For Free Or Reduced-Price School Meals Has Been Overstated from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

• USDA Final Rule on Verification Reporting and Recordkeeping for School Meal Programs (9/11/03)

• E-mail your members of Congress about "Overcertification" and Child Nutrition Reauthorization
  

Factsheets on Child Nutrition Programs School Breakfast  |  School Lunch  |  Afterschool  |  Summer Food Women, Infants, and Children  |  Child and Adult Care Food Program

Prepared by the Food Research & Action Center, 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009; 202-986-2200; www.frac.org