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Book Synopsis Food Security Improved Following the 2009 ARRA Increase in SNAP Benefits by : Mark Nord
Download or read book Food Security Improved Following the 2009 ARRA Increase in SNAP Benefits written by Mark Nord and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amer. Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) increased benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) and expanded SNAP eligibility for jobless adults without children. One goal of the program changes was to improve the food security of low-income households. The authors find that food expenditures by low-income households increased by about 5.4% and their food insecurity declined by 2.2% from 2008 to 2009. Food security did not improve for households with incomes somewhat above the SNAP eligibility range. Therefore, ARRA SNAP enhancements contributed substantially to improvements for low-income households. This is a print on demand report.
Book Synopsis Food Security Improved Following the 2009 Arra Increase in Snap Benefits by : United States Department of Agriculture
Download or read book Food Security Improved Following the 2009 Arra Increase in Snap Benefits written by United States Department of Agriculture and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increased benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) and expanded SNAP eligibility for jobless adults without children. One goal of the program changes was to improve the food security of low-income households. We find that food expenditures by low-income households increased by about 5.4 percent and their food insecurity declined by 2.2 percentage points from 2008 to 2009. Food security did not improve for households with incomes somewhat above the SNAP eligibility range. These findings, based on data from the nationally representative Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement, suggest that the ARRA SNAP enhancements contributed substantially to improvements for low-income households.
Book Synopsis Does SNAP Decrease Food Insecurity? by : Mark Nord
Download or read book Does SNAP Decrease Food Insecurity? written by Mark Nord and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-selection by more food-needy households into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) makes it difficult to observe positive effects of the program in survey data. This study investigates self-selection and ameliorative program effects by examining households¿ food security month by month for several months prior to initial receipt of SNAP benefits and for several months after joining the program. Food security is observed to deteriorate in the 6 months prior to beginning to receive SNAP benefits and to improve shortly after. The results clearly demonstrate the self-selection by households into SNAP at a time when they are more severely food insecure. Charts and tables.
Book Synopsis Effects of the Decline in the Real Value of Snap Benefits from 2009 to 2011 by : United States Department of Agriculture
Download or read book Effects of the Decline in the Real Value of Snap Benefits from 2009 to 2011 written by United States Department of Agriculture and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The value of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits has declined due to inflation since the increase in benefit size in April 2009 mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Earlier Economic Research Service (ERS) research documented improvements in food spending and food security from 2008 to 2009 that may have resulted from the ARRA SNAP-benefit increase. This report estimates the extent to which those gains may have been eroded from 2009 to 2011 as a result of the reduction in real value of SNAP benefits due to inflation in food prices. Changes in food spending and food security from 2009 to 2011 were compared between households that did and did not receive SNAP using Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement data. The difference-in-difference analyses, which also adjusted for differences in households' income, employment, and other characteristics, suggest that the decline in value of SNAP benefits may have resulted in an increase of 16.5 percent in the number of SNAP-recipient households with very low food security and a decline of 4.4 percent in median food spending by SNAP households. The size of these changes relative to the size of the reduction in the inflation-adjusted value of SNAP benefits was consistent with findings from the earlier ERS research on effects of the ARRA SNAP-benefit increase. Taken together, the two studies provide estimates of the effects that may be expected from potential future increases or decreases in SNAP benefits.
Book Synopsis Effects of the Decline in the Real Value of SNAP Benefits from 2009 to 2011 by : Mark Nord
Download or read book Effects of the Decline in the Real Value of SNAP Benefits from 2009 to 2011 written by Mark Nord and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Impact of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (snap, Formerly Food Stamp) Participation on Food Purchasing Practices, Diet Quality, and Food Insecurity Among Low-income Older Adults by : Temitope Aiyejorun Walker
Download or read book The Impact of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (snap, Formerly Food Stamp) Participation on Food Purchasing Practices, Diet Quality, and Food Insecurity Among Low-income Older Adults written by Temitope Aiyejorun Walker and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SNAP provides food-purchasing assistance for low-income Americans to alleviate hunger and improve nutrition. However, little is known about how SNAP benefits affect the household's food purchasing practices (FPP), diet quality, and food insecurity especially among low-income older adults whose SNAP participation has been typically lower than younger age groups. The goal of this study is to better understand the changes in FPP, diet quality, and food insecurity with the receipt of SNAP benefits among SNAP-eligible non-participating older adults in Georgia. A longitudinal mixed-methods approach was employed based on a natural experiment following a sample of low-income older Georgians (n=10) as they navigated the SNAP application process. An established SNAP application assistance model was utilized to help the study participants. The impact of SNAP benefit receipt was assessed using in-person interviews, interviewer-administered surveys, grocery receipt collection, and grocery shopping trip observations at three time points: 1) before SNAP benefit receipt, 2) one month after SNAP benefit receipt, and 3) three months after SNAP benefit receipt. Both qualitative and quantitative exploratory data analyses were conducted. At baseline, SNAP-eligible participants reported higher financial constraints, poorer food insecurity, but comparable diet quality in comparison to the general older adult population. The impact of SNAP participation was evident in increasing shifts in household expenditure patterns for food purchased for consumption and improved food security at midpoint. There were notable changes in six FPP constructs and related distinct practices following SNAP benefit receipt such as changes in the types of food purchased and the strategies employed in their purchase. Overall diet quality was not significantly improved after three months of SNAP benefit receipt, but there were significant increases in the intake quality of select nutrients of concern including saturated fat and sodium. The findings of this study provide a more in-depth conceptual understanding of the underlying mechanism of how SNAP benefits affect food and nutrition-related decision-making processes and behavior changes. These findings also support the feasibility of key strategies used in targeting and recruiting low-income older adults for SNAP research and the value of SNAP application assistance in evaluating the impact of SNAP participation.
Book Synopsis Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by : National Research Council
Download or read book Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many Americans who live at or below the poverty threshold, access to healthy foods at a reasonable price is a challenge that often places a strain on already limited resources and may compel them to make food choices that are contrary to current nutritional guidance. To help alleviate this problem, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers a number of nutrition assistance programs designed to improve access to healthy foods for low-income individuals and households. The largest of these programs is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, which today serves more than 46 million Americans with a program cost in excess of $75 billion annually. The goals of SNAP include raising the level of nutrition among low-income households and maintaining adequate levels of nutrition by increasing the food purchasing power of low-income families. In response to questions about whether there are different ways to define the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a study to examine the feasibility of defining the adequacy of SNAP allotments, specifically: the feasibility of establishing an objective, evidence-based, science-driven definition of the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, as well as other relevant dimensions of adequacy; and data and analyses needed to support an evidence-based assessment of the adequacy of SNAP allotments. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy reviews the current evidence, including the peer-reviewed published literature and peer-reviewed government reports. Although not given equal weight with peer-reviewed publications, some non-peer-reviewed publications from nongovernmental organizations and stakeholder groups also were considered because they provided additional insight into the behavioral aspects of participation in nutrition assistance programs. In addition to its evidence review, the committee held a data gathering workshop that tapped a range of expertise relevant to its task.
Book Synopsis The Effect of Snap Benefits for Food Insecurity by : David E. Davis
Download or read book The Effect of Snap Benefits for Food Insecurity written by David E. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates the effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for food insecurity. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) temporarily increased SNAP benefits. We use that increase as a natural experiment to identify the causal effect of endogenous SNAP benefits. We estimate models of food insecurity with linear two-stage least squares and non-linear instrumental variable (IV) probit. Results suggest that a per person SNAP dollar decreases food insecurity by 0.4% to 0.9%. However, effects are nonlinear. The probability of food insecurity is highest, and marginal effects are largest, when benefit amounts are small.
Book Synopsis Strengths of the Social Safety Net in the Great Recession by : Christopher J. O'Leary
Download or read book Strengths of the Social Safety Net in the Great Recession written by Christopher J. O'Leary and published by W.E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors in this book use administrative data from six states from before, during, and after the Great Recession to gauge the degree to which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) and Unemployment Insurance (UI) interacted. They also recommend ways that the program policies could be altered to better serve those suffering hardship as a result of future economic downturns.
Book Synopsis Alleviating Food Insecurity with SNAP by : Elaine Morton
Download or read book Alleviating Food Insecurity with SNAP written by Elaine Morton and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, is designed primarily to increase the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households to help them buy a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet. This book describes the rules related to eligibility for SNAP benefits as well as the rules for benefits and their redemption. It also provides an overview of the problem of food insecurity in the United States and the important role that SNAP plays in addressing it.
Author :Congressional Research Congressional Research Service Publisher :CreateSpace ISBN 13 :9781506018553 Total Pages :28 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (185 download)
Book Synopsis Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) by : Congressional Research Congressional Research Service
Download or read book Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) written by Congressional Research Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-29 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, is designed primarily to increase the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households to help them buy a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet. This report describes the rules related to eligibility for SNAP benefits as well as the rules for benefits and their redemption. SNAP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS). SNAP is authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. This law, formerly the Food Stamp Act of 1977, has since 1973 been reauthorized by the "farm bill," omnibus legislation that also typically includes the authorization of other federal agricultural policies and programs. The program was most recently reauthorized by the 2014 farm bill (P.L. 113-79, enacted February 7, 2014). SNAP eligibility and benefits are calculated on a household basis. Eligibility is determined through a traditional or a categorical eligibility path. Under traditional eligibility, applicant households must meet gross income, net income, and asset tests. Specifically, household gross monthly income (all income as defined by SNAP law) must be at or below 130% of the federal poverty level, and household net (SNAP-specified deductions are subtracted) monthly income must be at 100% of the federal poverty level. The traditional asset rules are set at $2,000 per household (inflation adjusted.) (Households that contain an elderly or disabled member have a higher asset limit and also do not have to meet the gross income test.) Under categorical eligibility, SNAP eligibility is automatically conveyed based upon the applicant's participation in other means-tested programs, namely Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or General Assistance (GA). Because TANF is a broad-purpose block grant, the state option to extend SNAP eligibility to applicants that receive a TANF-funded benefit allows states to offer program eligibility under rules that vary from those discussed in this paragraph, including an elimination of the asset test. If eligible for SNAP, an applicant household also undergoes a calculation of its monthly benefit amount (or allotment). This calculation utilizes the household's net income as well as the maximum allotment, a figure that equals the current value of the "Thrifty Food Plan" (TFP). The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act had temporarily increased this value; this increase ended after October 31, 2013. Benefits are issued on an EBT card, which operates with a declining balance like a debit card. Benefits are not cash, may not be accessed at an automatic teller machine, and are redeemable only for foods. Benefits may be redeemed for foods at licensed retailers, which may include a wide variety of retailers so long as retailers meet licensing requirements.
Book Synopsis Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity? Untangling the Self-Selection Effect by : United States Department of Agriculture
Download or read book Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity? Untangling the Self-Selection Effect written by United States Department of Agriculture and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-selection by more food-needy households into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) makes it difficult to observe positive effects of the program in survey data. This study investigates self-selection and ameliorative program effects by examining households' food security month by month for several months prior to initial receipt of SNAP benefits and for several months after joining the program.Two-year panels are constructed by matching the same households interviewed in the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement in 2 consecutive years using data from 2001 to 2006. Food security is observed to deteriorate in the 6 months prior to beginning to receive SNAP benefits and to improve shortly after. The results clearly demonstrate the self-selection by households into SNAP at a time when they are more severely food insecure. The results are consistent with a moderate ameliorative effect of SNAP-reducing the prevalence of very low food security among recent entrants by about one-third-although they do not conclusively demonstrate that extent of amelioration.
Book Synopsis Snap's (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Role in Poverty Reduction and Increased Food Security by : Brian E. Hall
Download or read book Snap's (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Role in Poverty Reduction and Increased Food Security written by Brian E. Hall and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) plays a vital role in the social safety net in the United States, providing almost $72 billion in benefits in 2011. An important measure of SNAP's effectiveness is the extent to which the program reduces poverty. Evaluations of antipoverty effect of safety net programs often focus on the rate of poverty. However, the poverty rate reflects only one aspect of the antipoverty effect of a safety net program, whether or not adding program benefits to a family's resources lifts them above the poverty threshold. This book examines SNAP's role in poverty reduction with a focus on increased food security.
Author :National Bureau of Economic Research Publisher :University of Chicago Press ISBN 13 :9780226533568 Total Pages :224 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (335 download)
Book Synopsis Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States by : National Bureau of Economic Research
Download or read book Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States written by National Bureau of Economic Research and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few United States government programs are as controversial as those designed to aid the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, aid to needy families is surrounded by debate—on what benefits should be offered, what forms they should take, and how they should be administered. The past few decades, in fact, have seen this debate lead to broad transformations of aid programs themselves, with Aid to Families with Dependent Children replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, the Earned Income Tax Credit growing from a minor program to one of the most important for low-income families, and Medicaid greatly expanding its eligibility. This volume provides a remarkable overview of how such programs actually work, offering an impressive wealth of information on the nation's nine largest "means-tested" programs—that is, those in which some test of income forms the basis for participation. For each program, contributors describe origins and goals, summarize policy histories and current rules, and discuss the recipient's characteristics as well as the different types of benefits they receive. Each chapter then provides an overview of scholarly research on each program, bringing together the results of the field's most rigorous statistical examinations. The result is a fascinating portrayal of the evolution and current state of means-tested programs, one that charts a number of shifts in emphasis—the decline of cash assistance, for instance, and the increasing emphasis on work. This exemplary portrait of the nation's safety net will be an invaluable reference for anyone interested in American social policy.
Book Synopsis SNAP Benefits and Health Consequences by : Anson Cappel Montgomery
Download or read book SNAP Benefits and Health Consequences written by Anson Cappel Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food security, or the lack thereof, is a global problem. Although the impact of hunger is expressed differently in different countries and communities around the world, no society is free of widespread hunger-based problems. In fiscal year 2013, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) received $79 billion in taxpayer funding to fight hunger in the United States of America. However, while many of the 45 million people who received benefits were elevated from low food, very low food, and marginal food security levels to becoming food secure, most still suffered from low food security. Low food security is highly correlated with many negative health outcomes, so much so that it is clear that improving it would do much to ameliorate the ills associated with low food security. To study the issue from a quantitative and qualitative perspective, original research was conducted that looked at disparate communities' experiences with low food security and also the practicalities of actually living on the average monthly SNAP benefit. Based on a comprehensive analysis of the data from the original research, scholarly articles, government reports and correspondence with officials in charge of SNAP related programs, we believe that better using existing market-based vendors for SNAP will enable many people who continue to have low or marginal food security while receiving SNAP to become completely and consistently food secure with a healthy, well-balanced diet. While millions of people are helped by SNAP, the $79 billion the United States' taxpayers money that is allocated to pay for the program is failing to deliver food security to most of the people in the program. Low food security, very low food security and marginal food security are associated with too many bad outcomes, and too much money is being spent, for the low rate of long-term food security that is being delivered by the program.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :288 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition
Download or read book Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Policies to Address Poverty in America by : Melissa Kearney
Download or read book Policies to Address Poverty in America written by Melissa Kearney and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One-in-seven adults and one-in-five children in the United States live in poverty. Individuals and families living in povertyÊnot only lack basic, material necessities, but they are also disproportionally afflicted by many social and economic challenges. Some of these challenges include the increased possibility of an unstable home situation, inadequate education opportunities at all levels, and a high chance of crime and victimization. Given this growing social, economic, and political concern, The Hamilton Project at Brookings asked academic experts to develop policy proposals confronting the various challenges of AmericaÕs poorest citizens, and to introduce innovative approaches to addressing poverty.ÊWhen combined, the scope and impact of these proposals has the potential to vastly improve the lives of the poor. The resulting 14 policy memos are included in The Hamilton ProjectÕs Policies to Address Poverty in America. The main areas of focus include promoting early childhood development, supporting disadvantaged youth, building worker skills, and improving safety net and work support.
