The Child Nutrition Data Project

The Child Nutrition Data Project is a data analytics project designed to better direct resources for meal assistance programs to public school districts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The innovative project brings together unemployment claims data, education data, and food bank data in Ohio, to provide useful information to ensure children and their families across Ohio are meeting nutritional needs. This project was funded through a COVID-19 seed grant from The Ohio State University’s Office of Research. Read more about the grant and our director, Josh Hawley, in the article linked below:

https://news.osu.edu/office-of-research-awards-second-round-of-covid-19-seed-funding/

Our Partners:

The following groups are working as key collaborators on this project with the OERC:

• Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
• Mid-Ohio Foodbank
• The Ohio State University
  • John Glenn College of Public Affairs
  • CHRR at The Ohio State University
  • College of Education and Human Ecology