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Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - VA

NCT04218747 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4750

Last updated 2020-01-06

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Summary

The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity. Demonstration projects were funded in Chickasaw Nation, Kentucky, Navajo Nation, Nevada, and Virginia. This study focuses on Virginia. A selection of schools were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. Children in treatment schools received: (1) three meals during the school day and food packages for weekends and school breaks; (2) $60 monthly Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits during summer months if they were eligible for FRP meals; and (3) nutrition education for their parents. The control group operated under "business as usual."

Conditions

  • Food Insecurity Among Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

VA 365 Demonstration Benefits

Reducing hunger 365 days a year in households with school children by transforming schools into food hubs ( free breakfast, lunch, supper, and food backpacks for the weekend) and providing nutrition education to parents.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

    collaborator OTHER

  • USDA Food and Nutrition Service

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Michael P Burke, PhD · USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

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