Long Term Benefits Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Long Term Benefits Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Author : White House
language : en
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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.
Long Term Benefits Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Long Term Benefits Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Poor 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 for the past five decades. This report provides an overview of the problem of food insecurity in the United States and the important role that SNAP plays in addressing it.
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.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Nutrition
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Nutrition and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Children categories.
The Impact Of Long Term Participation In The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program On Child Obesity
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Author : Maximilian D. Schmeiser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Impact Of Long Term Participation In The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program On Child Obesity written by Maximilian D. Schmeiser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
In March of 2009 participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reached an all time high of 40.2 million persons. A significant body of research has emerged suggesting that participation in the SNAP increases the probability of being obese for adult women, and has little effect on obesity for adult men; however the evidence on the effect of SNAP participation on child obesity is much more tenuous. This paper examines the effect of long-term SNAP participation on the Body Mass Index (BMI) percentile, and probability of being overweight or obese for children ages 5 through 18 using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults, and an instrumental variables identification strategy that exploits exogenous variation in state-level program parameters, as well as state and federal expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). SNAP participation is found to significantly reduce BMI percentile, and the probability of being overweight or obese, for both boys and girls ages 5 through 11 and boys ages 12 through 18. For girls ages 12 through 18, SNAP participation appears to have no significant effect on their BMI percentile or their probability of being overweight or obese.
Hearing To Examine The Role Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program In Relation To Other Federal Assistance Programs
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Hearing To Examine The Role Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program In Relation To Other Federal Assistance Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Federal aid to public welfare categories.
Snap Benefits And Health Consequences
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Author : Anson Cappel Montgomery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Snap Benefits And Health Consequences written by Anson Cappel Montgomery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
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.
The Thrifty Food Plan
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Author : Betty B. Peterkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Thrifty Food Plan written by Betty B. Peterkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Budgets, Personal categories.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Snap
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Author : Congressional Research Service
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-10-20
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Snap written by Congressional Research Service and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-20 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 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 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. This report focuses on SNAP eligibility and the form and function of benefits. For an overview of SNAP along with the other USDA-FNS programs, such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), and National School Lunch Program (NSLP), see CRS Report R42353, Domestic Food Assistance: Summary of Programs. For issues related to SNAP and the new farm bill, see CRS Report R43332, SNAP and Related Nutrition Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2013-05-23
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 2013-05-23 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.
