Food Stamps Caseload Characteristics

Resources

Nov 2004 Food Stamp Program: Food Stamp Education
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Jun 2004 Data Development Initiatives for Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
  WIN Foodstamps Resource Page
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
  Federal Child Nutrition Programs Briefing Room
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food Stamps in South Carolina
(MAXIMUS, Inc.)
  Economic Research Service
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (NOTE: This bill was signed into law on May 13, 2002)
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
  Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Final Report: Fiscal 2001 Activities
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food and Nutrition Service
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food and Nutrition Service Briefing Room
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food and Nutrition Program Outcomes Briefing Room
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food and Nutrition Program Operations and Integrity Briefing Room
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food and Nutrition Programs and Linkages to General Economy Briefing Room
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food and Nutrition Programs and Linkages to Vulnerable Populations Briefing Room
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food Stamps Briefing Room
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food Stamps Map Machine
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food Stamps Monthly Data
(US Department of Agriculture)
  Food Research and Action Center
(Food Research and Action Center)
  Food Stamps and Welfare Reform
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
  Making Wages Work Food Stamp Reauthorization Page
(The Finance Project)
  WIC Briefing Room
(US Department of Agriculture)

Publications

View a list of archived publications.

Oct 2005 Household Food Insecurity in the United States, 2004
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Oct 2005 State Level Predictors of Food Insecurity and Hunger Among Households with Children
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Jul 2005 Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2003
Jul 2005 Food Stamp Program Entry and Exit: An Analysis of Participation Trends in the 1990s
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
May 2005 Leaving Money (and Food) on the Table
(Brookings Institution)
Apr 2005 WIC in the States: Thirty-One Years of Building a Healthier America
Apr 2005 The National School Lunch Program: Ensuring that Free and Reduced-Price Meal Benefits Go to the Poor
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Apr 2005 Reaching Those In Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2002
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Apr 2005 Impact of Food Stamp Payment Errors on Household Purchasing Power
(Food and Nutrition Service, USDA)
Feb 2005 State of the States: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation
(Food Research and Action Center)
Feb 2005 Issues in Food Assistance - Effects of Food Assistance on Children's Food Consumption
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Feb 2005 The Food Assistance Landscape, March 2005
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Feb 2005 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program: Final Report: Fiscal 2004 Activities
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Feb 2005 Food Stamp Program Entry and Exit: An Analysis of Participation Trends in the 1990s
(Urban Institute)
Jan 2005 Background Report on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Jan 2005 Interstate Variation in WIC Food Package Costs: The Role of Food Prices, Caseload Composition, and Cost-containment Practices
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Jan 2005 Supermarket Characteristics and Operating Costs in Low-Income Areas
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Dec 2004 Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 4, Literature Review
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Dec 2004 Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations
Dec 2004 Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 3: Lit Review
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Dec 2004 Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low Income Populations: Volume 1, Food Stamp Program Participants and Nonparticipants
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Dec 2004 Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low Income Populations: Volume 3, School Age Children
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Dec 2004 Food Hardships and Child Behavior Problems among Low-Income Children
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
Dec 2004 Estimating Longrun Food Stamp Program Caseloads
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Nov 2004 Charactistics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2003
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Nov 2004 State Food Stamp Participation Rates for the Working Poor in 2001
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Nov 2004 Feasibility and Accuracy of Record Linkage To Estimate Multiple Program Participation: Volume III, Survey of Food Assistance Information Systems -- Results of Food Linkages
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Nov 2004 School Breakfast Scorecard 2004
(Food Research and Action Center)
Nov 2004 Food Stamp Certification Periods and Payment Accuracy: State Experience During 1997-2001
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Nov 2004 Household Food Security in the US, 2003
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Nov 2004 Understanding the Food Stamp Participation Decisions of TANF Leavers
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Oct 2004 Food Stamp Participation Access Rates
(Food Research and Action Center)
Sep 2004 Food Stamp Program: Farm Bill Options Ease Administrative Burden, but Opportunities Exist to Streamline Participant Reporting Rules among Programs
(US Government Accountability Office)
Sep 2004 Understanding the Food Stamp Program Participation Decisions of TANF Leavers
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Sep 2004 Proposed Criteria for Selecting the WIC Food Packages
(Institute of Medicine of the National Academies)
Sep 2004 Trends in Food Stamp Participation Rates: 1999-2002
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Aug 2004 Food Stamp Participation Rates Increase for Recent Welfare Leavers
(Urban Institute)
Aug 2004 Food Stamp Program: Basic Facts and Data
(Food Research and Action Center)
Jun 2004 Cost Estimate for Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004
(Congressional Budget Office)
Jun 2004 Linking the Current Population Survey to Food Stamp Program Administrative Data: Phase II Report, Data Development Initiatives for Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs - Final Report
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Jun 2004 WIC and the Retail Price of Infant Formula
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
May 2004 Low Income Households' Expenditures on Fruits and Vegetables
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
May 2004 Recent Trends in Food Stamp Participation: Have New Policies Made a Difference?
(Urban Institute)
May 2004 Simplified Reporting and Transitional Benefits in the Food Stamp Program—Case Studies of State Implementation: Final Report
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
May 2004 Simplified Reporting and Transitional Benefits in the Food Stamp Program:
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Apr 2004 State of the States: 2004: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation
(Food Research and Action Center)
Apr 2004 Food Insecurity in Families: 1997-1999
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Nov 2003 Food Stamp Caseloads Are Rising
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Nov 2003 Transitional Food Stamps: Background and Implementation Issues
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Nov 2003 2002 Food Stamp Participant Access Rates
(Food Research and Action Center)
Nov 2003 Using One-Stops to Promote Access to Work Supports: Lessons from Virginia's Coordinated Economic Relief Centers
(US Department of Agriculture)
Oct 2003 Household Food Insecurity in the United States, 2002
(US Department of Agriculture)
Sep 2003 Dynamics of Poverty and Food Insecurity
(US Department of Agriculture)
Sep 2003 Food Stamp Benefits and Childhood Poverty in the 1990s
(US Department of Agriculture)
Jul 2003 Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2002
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Jun 2003 Employment Factors Influencing Food Stamp Program Participation
(Urban Institute)
Mar 2003 Restoring Food Stamp Eligibility for Legal Immigrants: State Implementation Issues
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
Mar 2003 Food Stamp Leavers Research Study—Study of ABAWDs Leaving the Food Stamp Program in South Carolina: Final Report
(US Department of Agriculture)
Mar 2003 Food Stamp Leavers Research Study—Study of Nonwelfare Families Leaving the Food Stamp Program in South Carolina: Final Report
(US Department of Agriculture)
Feb 2003 Estimating the Probabilities and Patterns of Food Stamp Use Across the Life Course
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
Jan 2003 Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2000
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Oct 2002 Effects of Changes in Food Stamp Expenditures Across the U.S. Economy
(US Department of Agriculture)
Sep 2002 Work and the Food Stamp Program
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Jul 2002 Food Stamps in Iowa
(US Department of Agriculture)
Jun 2002 States Have Significant Flexibility in the Food Stamp Program
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Jul 2001 The Decline in Food Stamp Participation: A Report to Congress
(Food and Nutrition Service, USDA)
Mar 2001 Food Stamps in Illinois
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Jan 2001 Synthesis of findings from 8 case studies
(US Department of Agriculture)
Mar 2000 Access to and Participation in Medicaid and the Food Stamp Program: A Review of the Recent Literature
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)