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Supplementing RWJF funding to examine the urban/rural divide in children's equitable access to nutrition supports, including the impact of COVID-19

  • Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: 78023

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $30,000

  • Funder

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  • Principal Investigator

    Brenda Davis Koester, Elizabeth T Powers

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Children (1 year to 12 years)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

To (1) document urban/rural differences in family child-care (FCC) center's access to the highest reimbursement levels of the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP); (2) show the extent to which a geographic area's eligibility policies are responsible for these differences; (3) introduce information on children's needs for nutrition supports to assess whether place-based policy treats children in similar situations differently (i.e., inequitable access); (4) examine how providers, sponsors, and monitors change their actions as a result of CACFP rules; and (5) develop and evaluate practical, evidence-supported equity policy proposals for updating CACFP.