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School Lunch Eligible Non-Participants

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The School Lunch Eligible Non-Participants Study, conducted for USDA's Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA), was designed to determine "why children eligible to participate for free and reduced-price meals do not apply or participate" in school nutrition programs (PL 101-624).

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