Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstration

Description: The demonstration of Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) allows authorized States and school districts to use information from Medicaid to identify students eligible to receive meals under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) for free or at a reduced price. District-level administrative records data on certification and NSLP and SBP participation were collected to evaluate the demonstration. The analysis sample includes 5,966 public, private, and charter school districts in the 15 States participating in the DCM-F/RP demonstration in school year (SY) 2019-20.Study date(s) and duration: Data were collected from each State child nutrition agency for SY 2019–2020, a baseline year, and any years in between (if applicable). States started the demonstration in different years, so the baseline year is the year before the demonstration began in that state: SY 2015–2016 for Florida, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia; SY 2016–2017 for California, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin; and SY 2017–2018 for Nevada.Study spatial scale: Fifteen States participated in the DCM-F/RP demonstration. Six began conducting DCM-F/RP statewide in SY 2016–2017 (Florida, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia), and one implemented DCM-F/RP in 14 districts that year and expanded to statewide implementation in SY 2017–2018 (California). Eight States began implementing DCM-F/RP in in SY 2017–2018 (Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin), although one State did not certify students through DCM-F/RP until SY 2018–2019 (Nevada).Level of true replication: UnknownSampling precision: No sampling was involved in the collection of this data.Level of subsampling: No sampling was involved in the collection of this data.Study design: None – Non-experimentalDescription of any data manipulation, modeling, or statistical analysis undertaken: This file contains a public use version of the data collected and analyzed for states in the DCM-F/RP demonstration in SY 2019-20, including both variables collected from the States and variables constructed for use in analysis. The file contains one observation for each of the districts in the analysis sample. Several types of edits were used to protect the confidentiality of respondents, including removing identifying information, rounding percentage variables to the nearest tenth, and rounding continuous variables representing numbers of schools, students, meals or dollars.Description of any gaps in the data or other limiting factors: Specific certification data elements were unavailable for some States or districts (namely, Iowa and Wisconsin did not provide data on reduced-price certifications). In addition, some districts—including notable subsets in Indiana and Virginia—were excluded from the analysis sample due to incomplete or erroneous administrative data.See the full Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstration, SY 2019-20 report [https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/usda-dcm-frp-demonstration] for a detailed explanation of the study’s limitations.Outcome measurement methods and equipment used: The effects of DCM-F/RP on certification, participation, and Federal reimbursement outcomes were estimated by comparing measures in the baseline year to the same measure in SY 2019–2020. A fixed effects model was used to control for changes in outcomes between years and to improve the precision of the estimates.Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Dataset - Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstration .File Name: DCM_FRP.csvResource Description: Dataset - Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstration CSV FileResource Title: Codebook/Data Dictionary - Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstration .File Name: DCM-FRP SY 2019-2020 Codebook.pdfResource Description: Codebook/Data Dictionary for the Dataset Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) DemonstrationResource Title: User Guide - Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstration .File Name: DCM-FRP SY 2019-2020 Public Use File User Guide REV.pdfResource Description: User Guide for the Data Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) DemonstrationResource Title: SAS Stata R SPSS Data Sets - Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstration .File Name: DCM_FRP.ZIPResource Description: SAS Stata R SPSS Data Sets for the Data Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstration. These datasets are identical to the CSV and each other but provide multiple formats to meet user preference in statistical software.

本数据集旨在展示与医疗补助直接认证相结合的免费与减价餐食计划（DCM-F/RP）的实施情况。该计划允许授权的州和学区利用医疗补助信息，以识别符合国家学校午餐计划（NSLP）和国家学校早餐计划（SBP）免费或减价餐食资格的学生。为评估该示范项目，收集了学区层面的行政记录数据，包括认证记录以及NSLP和SBP的参与情况。分析样本包括15个州在2019-20学年参与DCM-F/RP示范项目的5,966所公立、私立和特许学校。研究日期和持续时间：数据收集自每个州的儿童营养机构，涉及2019-2020学年（基线年份）以及任何适用年份。由于各州开始实施示范项目的时间不同，因此基线年份为该州开始实施示范项目的前一年：佛罗里达州、马萨诸塞州、内布拉斯加州、犹他州、弗吉尼亚州和西弗吉尼亚州为2015-2016学年；加利福尼亚州、康涅狄格州、印第安纳州、艾奥瓦州、密歇根州、德克萨斯州、华盛顿州和威斯康星州为2016-2017学年；内华达州为2017-2018学年。研究空间尺度：15个州参与了DCM-F/RP示范项目。其中六个州从2016-2017学年（佛罗里达州、马萨诸塞州、内布拉斯加州、犹他州、弗吉尼亚州和西弗吉尼亚州）开始在全省范围内实施DCM-F/RP，而加利福尼亚州在那一年在14个地区实施了DCM-F/RP，并在2017-2018学年扩展到全省实施。八个州从2017-2018学年（康涅狄格州、印第安纳州、艾奥瓦州、密歇根州、内华达州、德克萨斯州、华盛顿州和威斯康星州）开始实施DCM-F/RP，尽管内华达州直到2018-2019学年才通过DCM-F/RP认证学生。真实复制的程度：未知。采样精度：数据收集过程中未涉及抽样。子抽样程度：数据收集过程中未涉及抽样。研究设计：无——非实验性。数据操作、建模或统计分析的描述：本文件包含2019-20学年DCM-F/RP示范项目中收集和分析的州级数据的公开使用版本，包括从各州收集的变量以及为分析构建的变量。文件包含分析样本中每个学区的观察数据。为了保护受访者的隐私，采用了多种编辑方法，包括删除识别信息、将百分比变量四舍五入到最接近的十分位以及将代表学校数量、学生数量、餐食或美元的连续变量四舍五入。数据缺失或限制因素的描述：某些州或地区（尤其是爱荷华州和威斯康星州）的特定认证数据元素不可用。此外，由于行政数据不完整或错误，一些学区（包括印第安纳州和弗吉尼亚州的一些显著子集）被排除在分析样本之外。有关研究的限制条件的详细说明，请参阅完整的《医疗补助直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目，2019-20学年》报告[https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/usda-dcm-frp-demonstration]。结果测量方法和设备：通过比较基线年份的指标与2019-2020学年的相同指标，估计DCM-F/RP对认证、参与和联邦补偿结果的影响。使用固定效应模型来控制年间结果的变化，并提高估计的精度。数据集中的资源：
资源标题：数据集 - 医疗补助直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目。
文件名：DCM_FRP.csv
资源描述：数据集 - 医疗补助直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目CSV文件。
资源标题：代码簿/数据字典 - 医疗补助直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目。
文件名：DCM-FRP SY 2019-2020 Codebook.pdf
资源描述：数据集直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目的代码簿/数据字典。
资源标题：用户指南 - 医疗补助直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目。
文件名：DCM-FRP SY 2019-2020 Public Use File User Guide REV.pdf
资源描述：医疗补助直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目的数据用户指南。
资源标题：SAS Stata R SPSS 数据集 - 医疗补助直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目。
文件名：DCM_FRP.ZIP
资源描述：医疗补助直接认证免费与减价餐食（DCM-F/RP）示范项目的SAS Stata R SPSS数据集。这些数据集与CSV文件和彼此完全相同，但提供了多种格式以满足用户在统计软件中的偏好。