Food Stamp Reform

Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309184487
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform written by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-06-10 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report was prepared in response to a request from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It summarizes the discussions at a February 1998 workshop convened by the Committee on National Statistics; the Board on Children, Youth, and Families; and the Food and Nutrition Board. The fiscal year 1998 (FY1998) appropriations bill for USDA gave ERS responsibility for all research and evaluation studies on USDA food assistance programs. The bill provided $18 million to fund these studies, an increase from $7 million in FY1997. ERS asked the Committee on National Statistics for assistance in identifying new areas of research and data collection and in further improving the evaluation studies of food assistance programs. By bringing together many who work on evaluation of food assistance programs, policy analysis, survey methods, nutrition, child nutrition and child development, outcome measurement, and state welfare programs, the issues presented and discussed at the workshop provided ERS with information that could be used to develop a framework for their research program.

Author : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food Stamp Reform written by American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309263476
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Craig Gundersen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Changing Food Assistance Landscape written by Craig Gundersen and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book Welfare Reform written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert E. Robertson
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780788177187
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welfare Reform written by Robert E. Robertson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the two groups of individuals that were the most likely to lose their food stamp benefits -- able-bodied adults without dependents, and legal immigrants. Specifically, the report describes (1) the actions, if any, that states have taken to assist those individuals who lose eligibility for the Food Stamp Program, and (2) related actions, if any, taken by other organizations -- to assist those individuals who lose their eligibility for the Food Stamp Program. Surveys the 50 states and the District of Columbia on the actions they are taking, if any, in response to the changes in the Food Stamp Program.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welfare Reform written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Gritter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137520922
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Policy and Politics of Food Stamps and SNAP written by Matthew Gritter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food Stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), has endured and expanded in recent years. The program has been preserved and in some cases enhanced as a result of its inclusion in the Farm Bill, being characterized as a safety net of last resort and as a program for the deserving poor.

Author : Joe Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
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Download or read book Food Stamps written by Joe Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Characteristics of Food Stamp Households written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: