Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity
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Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity
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Author : Mark Nord
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity written by Mark Nord and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
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.
Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity Untangling The Self Selection Effect
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Author : United States Department of Agriculture
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-08-06
Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity Untangling The Self Selection Effect written by United States Department of Agriculture and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-06 with categories.
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.
Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity
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Author : Mark Nord
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Does Snap Decrease Food Insecurity written by Mark Nord and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Food relief categories.
How Much Does Snap Reduce Food Insecurity
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Author : Caroline Ratcliffe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
How Much Does Snap Reduce Food Insecurity written by Caroline Ratcliffe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Food relief categories.
In a country as wealthy and prosperous as the United States, one would think that having enough to eat is not an issue. However, nearly 15 percent of all households and 39 percent of near-poor households were food insecure in 2008. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) is the cornerstone of federal food assistance programs and serves as the first line of defense against food-related hardship, such as food insecurity. Using the 1996, 2001, and 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) panels, this paper measures SNAP's effectiveness in reducing food insecurity using a dummy endogenous variable model with instrumental variables to control for selection bias. Recent changes in state SNAP policies and rules provide exogenous variation, which we use to control for selection into the program. Results from naive models that do not control for the endogeneity of SNAP receipt show that SNAP receipt is associated with higher food insecurity. However, instrumental variable models that control for the endogeneity of SNAP receipt suggest that SNAP receipt reduces the likelihood of being food insecure by roughly 30 percent and reduces the likelihood of being very food insecure by 20 percent. These findings provide evidence that SNAP is meeting its key goal of reducing food-related hardship.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2013-04-23
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-23 with Medical categories.
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.
Alleviating Food Insecurity With Snap
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Author : Elaine Morton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Alleviating Food Insecurity With Snap written by Elaine Morton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Political Science categories.
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.
Snap S Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Role In Poverty Reduction And Increased Food Security
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Author : Brian E. Hall
language : en
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Release Date : 2012
Snap S Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Role In Poverty Reduction And Increased Food Security written by Brian E. Hall and has been published by Nova Science Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Food relief categories.
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.
Long Term Benefits Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Author : White House
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-02-14
Long Term Benefits Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program written by White House and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-14 with categories.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the cornerstone of U.S. efforts to alleviate hunger by supplementing the food budgets of low-income households. The large majority of SNAP recipients are children, working parents, elderly Americans, and people with disabilities. SNAP has also played an important role in lifting millions of people -- especially children -- out of poverty. This report provides an overview of the problem of food insecurity in the U.S. and the important role that SNAP plays in addressing it. Research shows that SNAP is highly effective at reducing food insecurity, and in turn has important benefits for low-income families, especially for children. These include improvements in short-run health and academic performance as well as in long-run health, educational attainment, and economic self-sufficiency. Figures. This is a print on demand report.
The Effect Of Snap Benefits For Food Insecurity
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Author : David E. Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Effect Of Snap Benefits For Food Insecurity written by David E. Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
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.
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
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Author : Temitope Aiyejorun Walker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
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 has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
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.
