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September 10, 2025JAMA Pediatrics

Universal Free School Meal Policies and Participation in the US National School Meal Programs

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FRFrancesco RamponiHarvard Global Health InstituteHZHui ZhouKaiser PermanenteWGWendi GoslinerUniversity of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Implication

Comparative analysis reveals that federal Universal Free School Meal policies increase participation in school meal programs, suggesting the need for ongoing support.

Key Points

  • Federal Universal Free School Meal policies during COVID-19 increased NSLP and SBP participation by 10 and 8 percentage points, respectively.
  • Deimplementation of Universal Free School Meal policies dropped participation by 12 percentage points for NSLP and 10 for SBP in 2022-2023.
  • Analysis involved school-level data from 2019-2024 using difference-in-difference analysis and linear mixed-effects models.
  • Sustained Universal Free School Meal policies correlated with higher participation rates, highlighting their importance to address food insecurity.

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Ramponi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c240deb210217d6479c741https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.2301
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