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For related publications and resources regarding the Food Stamp Program:

Children’s Health Watch

 

• Coming Up Short: High food costs outstrip food stamp benefits, September 2008:  The Real Cost of a Healthy Diet Project published new data on the availability and affordability of healthy food in this September 2008 report.  This project investigated whether low-income residents in Boston and Philadelphia could buy food for a healthy diet using the maximum food stamp benefit in their neighborhood food stores.

• Food Stamps as Medicine: A New Perspective on Children's Health, February 2007:  The Food Stamp Program is America’s first line of defense against hunger and the foundation of our national nutrition safety network. Physicians and medical researchers also think it is one of America’s best medicines to prevent and treat childhood food security. The report demonstrates the important protective effect of food stamps on child food insecurity and for citizen children of immigrants.

 

Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)

• SNAP/Food Stamp Participation Continues to Set Record Levels; More than 33.7 Million Participate in April 2009, July 10, 2009  

• State of the States: 2008, FRAC’s Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation, November 2008:  The data in this report describes the extent of hunger and food insecurity and the use of nutrition assistance programs for the United States as a whole and for each of the 50 states.  It gives a snapshot of how well or poorly each state is doing in meeting the needs of hungry people.

• SNAP/Food Stamp Toolkit for Changing Times:
  Rebranding, Program Improvements and Economic Hardship, October 2008

• Access and Access Barriers to Getting Food Stamps: A Review of the Literature, February 2008: This paper reviews the extensive literature on Food Stamp Program administrative practices and their impact on benefit access.

 

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

• Trends in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Rates: 2000-2007, June 2009:  This report looks at the SNAP ability to reach its target population.  This report is the latest in a series on SNAP participation rates. 

• USDA list of Eligible Foods for SNAP web page, April 2009:

• The Business Case for Increasing SNAP Participation, April 2009: This web page provides the newest information on the economic impact of the FSP/SNAP on local communities.

• Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2007, September 2008:  This report provides information about the demographic and economic circumstances of food stamp households in fiscal year 2007.  This report includes data for each state as well as national figures.

•  Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2006, November 2008:  This report is the latest in an annual series that presents estimates of the percentage of eligible people by state who participated in the FSP during an average month in 2006.  The report also provides state-by-state information on participation among the working poor.

 

Urban Justice Center

 

• Nourishing NYC: Increasing Food Stamp Access in Immigrant Communities, July 2008:  This report examines the experiences of immigrants from two food stamp outreach programs in NYC.  The report identifies practices that improve food stamp participation among immigrants.