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Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs: FANRP Project Descriptions

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FANRP’s Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program funds research to support USDA’s domestic food and nutrition assistance programs. ERS has compiled an electronic database of all projects funded through FANRP. For each project, information is provided on year(s) funded, amount of award, principal investigator, institution, project status (i.e., completed or ongoing), topic area(s), data set(s) analyzed, and all peer-reviewed publications resulting from the research. For all ERS publications and Contractor and Cooperator Reports, a link to the full report is provided. The database is searchable by:

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  1. A Feasibility Study of Nutrition Education Intervention in Food Stores Serving the Low Income

  2. A Study of the Emergency Food Assistance System: Provider and Recipient Characteristics

  3. Access to Healthy Foods: The Role of Market Competition, WIC Policy, and Vendor Attitudes

  4. Altering Social and Convenience Costs To Improve Students Lunch Choices

  5. An Analysis of Poverty Dynamics and Food Security

  6. An Assessment of the Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on WIC Program Coordination with Primary Care Services

  7. An Evaluation of the USDA’s Healthy Eating Index

  8. An Examination of the Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity

  9. Analysis of Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Data

  10. Analysis of Data from the 1998 and 1999 Food Security Supplements to the Current Population Survey

  11. Analyzing the Welfare and Nutritional Effects of Food Taxes Intended to Promote Healthful Eating Habits

  12. Assessing Alternative Policies for Improving the School Food Environment

  13. Assessing Effects of Food Stamps on Child Outcomes When Program Participation is Misreported

  14. Assessing the Feasibility of International Anthropometric References for School-aged Preadolescents

  15. Assessing the Nutrient Intakes of High-Needs Subgroups Using the Dietary Reference Intakes

  16. Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program

  17. Association Between Prenatal WIC Exposure and Maternal Behavior, Health, and Birth Outcomes

  18. Basic Needs, Tough Choices: The Impact of Housing Costs on Food Consumption

  19. Best Practices Roundtable on Addressing the Needs of Low-Income Working Families

  20. CACFP Administrative Cost Reimbursement Study

  21. Can Default Options and Incentives Improve Food Choices at School?

  22. Causes and Consequences of Food Insufficiency After Welfare Reform

  23. Changes in the Characteristics of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) Population Under Welfare Reform

  24. Child Nutrition Analysis Project (CNAP)

  25. Child Well-Being in Families With Job Loss, Divorce, or Separation: The Effects of Food Assistance Programs

  26. Children of Immigrants’ Food Insecurity and SNAP Receipt

  27. Children’s Food Security and Intakes from School Meals

  28. Children's Food Choices: Understanding Defaults

  29. Committee on National Statistics

  30. Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Participation and Administration

  31. Community Food Security Assessment Conference

  32. Community Food Security Assessment Tool Kit Field Test

  33. Community Food Security Toolkit

  34. Conference on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance

  35. Conference on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs-II

  36. Conference on Interventions to Prevent Low Birth Weights

  37. Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs

  38. Creating a WIC Infant Formula Rebate Data Set and Researching Infant Formula Manufacturers' Rebate Bidding Strategies

  39. Data Development Initiatives for Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs

  40. Demand Projections Segmented by Income for the Highly Competitive Non-Alcoholic Beverage Complex

  41. Demand System Analysis for Households Segmented by Family Structure and Income

  42. Design Considerations for Developing Effective Wording and Format Options for a Children’s Nutrition Behavior Questionnaire

  43. Design Considerations for Developing Effective Wording and Format Options for a Children’s Nutrition Behavior Questionnaire

  44. Determinants of the Food Stamp Caseload

  45. Developing a Conceptual Model of the Determinants of USDA School Meal Participation at the School Level

  46. Developing a Food Security Survey Module for Use with Children and Youths

  47. Developing Research Capacity To Test Behavioral Economic Interventions In Child Nutrition Programs

  48. Development and Evaluation of the Nutritional Anthropometric Assessment Software in WIC Clinics (Epi Info 2000/Nutstat Module)

  49. Development of a Cognitive Testing Protocol and Training Materials for Use in Developing a Common Core Set of Questions on Dietary Behavior

  50. Development of a Questionnaire on Dietary Behavior of Low-Income Populations

  51. Development of Eating Patterns and Dietary Behaviors that Predict Child Obesity

  52. Development of Eating Patterns and Obesity in Black Girls

  53. Development of Prototype Notebook of Short Questions on Dietary Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior

  54. Devolution and Urban Change

  55. Diet Intake and Health Outcomes

  56. Diet Patterns, Nutrients and Development of Adolescent Obesity

  57. Diet Quality and Its Relationship to Obesity in Rural Alabama African American Children

  58. Diet, Weight, and USDA School Meal Participation

  59. Dietary Patterns and Nutritional Adequacy: Does Variety Matter?

  60. Dietary Risk in the WIC Program: A Scientific Assessment

  61. Direct Certification and its Impact on Errors in the National School Lunch Program

  62. Drawing Attention to Healthy Choices with Lighting

  63. Dynamics of Childhood Obesity

  64. Dynamics of Food Stamp Program Participation in Maryland

  65. Eating Patterns and Diet Quality In Young Adults

  66. Eating Patterns, Diet Quality, and Obesity

  67. Economic Benefits of a Breast-Feeding Promotion: A Controlled Clinical Trial

  68. Economic Determinants of School Meal Participation

  69. Economic Research on the Joint Contributions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Unemployment Insurance to the Nation’s Social Safety Net

  70. Economic Research Service's Second Food Security Conference

  71. Effect of EITC on Food Stamp Program Participation Among the Working Poor

  72. Effect of Provider Instability on Cross-Sectional Estimates of the Demand for Emergency Food

  73. Effective Tax Rates and Guarantees and Food Stamp Program Participation

  74. Effects of Agricultural Research and Farm Subsidy Policies on Human Nutrition and Obesity

  75. Effects of Change From Universal-Free to Eligibility-Based School Breakfast Program

  76. Effects of Changes in WIC Food Packages on Redemptions

  77. Effects of Changes to State and Federal Asset Eligibility Policies for the Food Stamp Program

  78. Effects of Food Security on Pregnancy Outcomes

  79. Effects of Immigration on WIC and National School Lunch Program Caseloads

  80. Effects of WIC and Food Stamp Program Participation on Child Outcomes

  81. Effects on Childhood Obesity of Participation in Multiple Nutrition Assistance Programs

  82. Employment Factors Influencing Food Stamp Program Participation Among the Working Poor

  83. Employment Status and Food Stamp Program Participation as Determinants of Eating Patterns of Low-Income Households

  84. Employment, Home Meal Production, Food Spending, and Food Security in Food Stamp Households

  85. Evaluating Changes in WIC Participant Food Purchasing as a Result of WIC Nutrition Education

  86. Evaluating the Impact of School Breakfast and Lunch

  87. Evaluating the Impact of School Breakfast on Learning: Design and Feasibility

  88. Evaluation of Food Stamp Program Nutrition Education

  89. Evaluation of Policy Change on Middle School Student Lunch Consumption

  90. Evaluation of State Food Policy Changes as Incentives To Foster Improved Middle School Lunch Selection and Consumption

  91. Evaluation of Three Models Designed to Increase Participation of Eligible Elderly in the Food Stamp Program

  92. Expanded Study of Welfare Reform on Immigrants

  93. Explaining High Levels of Food Insecurity and Hunger in the Pacific Northwest

  94. Exploration of Potential Uses of Behavioral Economics Concepts for Improving the Diets of Food Assistance Program Participants

  95. Exploring Technical Enhancements to Improve Food Security Measurement

  96. Exploring the Link Between Food Assistance Programs and Child Obesity

  97. Factors Affecting Childhood Obesity Among Low-Income Households

  98. Factors Associated with Iron Status Among WIC Infants in Rural West Virginia

  99. Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study

  100. Feasibility and Accuracy of Record Linkage to Estimate Multiple Program Participation

  101. Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)

  102. Food and Nutrition Summer Institute

  103. Food Demand in Low-Income Households

  104. Food Demands and Nutrient Availability of Low-Income Households

  105. Food Expenditures by Food Stamp Recipients: Results Using the Consumer Expenditure Survey

  106. Food Insecurity and Outcomes for Infants and Toddlers in the ECLS-B

  107. Food Insecurity in the Second Generation

  108. Food Prices and Availability and Children's Health and Developmental Outcomes

  109. Food Security and Access to Retail Food Establishments Among Emergency Food Program Recipients

  110. Food Security and Health Outcomes in the California Health Interview Survey

  111. Food Security Measurement Expert Review Panel Study

  112. Food Security, Behavior Problems and Health among Kindergarten and First-Grade Children

  113. Food Security, Obesity and Mental Health in Mothers and Preschool Children

  114. Food Stamp Certification Periods and Payment Accuracy: State Experience During 1996-2000

  115. Food Stamp Participation and Obesity

  116. Food Stamp Program Certification Costs and Errors, 1989-2005

  117. Food Stamp Program Elderly Demonstration

  118. Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation: A Comparison of Census Surveys and Administrative Data

  119. Food Stamp Program Entry and Exit: Economic and Policy Influences on Participation Decisions

  120. Food Stamp Program Microsimulation and Related Analysis

  121. Food Stamp Use by Legal Immigrants Before and After the 2003 Restorations

  122. Food Stamp, NSLP, and WIC Underreporting in Household Surveys: Comparing Aggregates and Assessing the Implications

  123. Food Stamps, Food Insecurity and Expenditures: A Simultaneous-Equation System

  124. Food Sufficiency, Food Stamp Program Participation and the Health of the Elderly

  125. Food Sufficiency, the Role of Food Stamp Program Participation, Duration, and Policies

  126. Forces Impacting Social and Economic Well-Being in the Rural South

  127. Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program Evaluation

  128. Future Costs of Childhood Obesity: Estimates and Implications

  129. Growth of Obesity and Health Economic Research

  130. Household Based Food Purchase Data

  131. Household Demand for Fruits and Vegetables: An Analysis of Homescan Data

  132. Household Food Security and Tradeoffs in the Food Budget: A Revitalized Engel Approach Including Food Stamps

  133. Household Routines and the Development of Obesity in U.S. Preschool Children

  134. How are State Food Stamp and TANF Policy Choices Affecting Food Stamp Participation

  135. Hunger: Its Risk and Impact in Poor Female-Headed Households with Children

  136. Identify and Evaluate Methods To Prevent Fraud and Abuse Among Staff and Participants in WIC

  137. Identifying Behavioral Economics Factors Affecting Food Consumption

  138. Impact of Food Stamps and WIC on Health and Longrun Economic Outcomes

  139. Impact of Food Sufficiency on Food Choices of Low Income Children

  140. Impacts of Shifts in Food Demand on the Farm Sector

  141. Implementation of Options and Waivers to Increase Access to the Food Stamp Program

  142. Implementation of the National School Lunch Program Application and Verifications Pilot Projects

  143. Improving Access to Food Stamps for Low-Income Working Households

  144. Improving School Lunch Decisions With Fast Lane Meal Deals

  145. Improving the Measurement of Food Security and Hunger

  146. Incentivizing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Elementary Schools

  147. Income Volatility and Its Effect on Food Stamp Participation of the Working Poor

  148. Incorporating Nutritional and Economic Factors Into Planning School Lunch

  149. Infant Formula Prices and Availability

  150. Influence of Developmental Differences on Children's Responses to Information on Foods

  151. Integrated Study of School Meal Costs and Outcomes: A Design, Cost, and Feasibility Plan

  152. Integrating Food Stamp Program Rules and Processes With Other Public Assistance Programs

  153. Interactions Between the Food Stamp Program and the Economy

  154. Interpretation and Use of Dietary Reference Intakes

  155. Is Healthy Eating Viral? Improving Understanding of How Social Networks Can Be Used To Influence School Food Choices

  156. Joint Contributions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Unemployment Insurance, and Cash Assistance to California's Social Safety Net

  157. Joint Participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Unemployment Insurance in Florida

  158. Journal of Nutrition Education Special Issue for the Elderly

  159. Labor Market Participation and Government Assistance Program Participation

  160. Lifestyle Mediators of Diet Quality

  161. Local Economic Conditions, Food Assistance, and Food Insecurity Among Households With Children

  162. Longitudinal Analysis of the Earnings and Food Stamp Participation of the Working Poor

  163. Longitudinal Modeling of the Effects of Dietary Intakes on Body Composition and Risk Factors for Coronary Disease in the Women’s Health Trial: Feasibility Study in Minority Populations

  164. Long-Term Effects of Food Stamp Receipt During Childhood on Adult Outcomes

  165. Low-Income Families Survival Strategies for Managing Shocks to Economic Well-Being

  166. Maternal Employment and Children’s Nutrition Outcomes

  167. Measuring Consumption Response to Prices in a Dynamic Model of Consumer Food Purchase Behavior

  168. Measuring the Extent of Food Stamp Trafficking Using EBT Data

  169. Menu Modification for Lincoln Parish Child Nutrition Program

  170. Methodology to Evaluate Effects of Team Nutrition Program in Schools

  171. Modeling WIC Eligibility and Participation of Infants and Children

  172. Modifying Effects of Participation in Food Assistance Programs on the Obesity, Health, and Well-Being of Adults

  173. Modifying Effects of Participation in Food Assistance Programs on the Weight Status, Health, Development, and Well-Being of Children

  174. Multiprogram Participation in SNAP and Unemployment Insurance: How Tight Are the Strands of the Recessionary Safety Net?

  175. National Food Price and Sales Information System

  176. Nudging High School Students Toward Better School Lunch Food Choices: Planning for Behavioral Economic Interventions in West Virginia

  177. Nutrition and Health Outcomes of USDA Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs

  178. Obesity in Low-Income Mothers and Children

  179. Panel Cointegration Estimation of Food Stamp Program Caseloads

  180. Parental Time, Role Strains, Coping, and Children’s Diet and Nutrition

  181. Parenting Practices and Obesity in Low-Income African-American Preschoolers

  182. Plate Waste in School Nutrition Programs

  183. Post-Conference Workshop on Evaluation of Nutrition Education with Low-Income Families

  184. Pre-test for ERS Module for the American Time Use Survey

  185. Processes of Getting and Staying on Food Stamps in South Carolina

  186. Program Access and Declining Food Stamp Program Participation

  187. Program Integrity and Improved Service to the Working Poor Under Alternative Reporting Plans

  188. Promoting the Food Stamp Program and Work through Coordinated Economic Relief Centers (CERC’s)

  189. Re-examination of the Dietary Reference Intakes for Food Energy, Zinc, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Fiber, and Potassium

  190. Report to Congress on State Use of Funds To Increase Work Slots for Food Stamp Recipients

  191. Report to Congress on Use of Food Stamps To Purchase Dietary Supplements

  192. Report to Congress on WIC Program Cost-Containment Practices and Their Impacts

  193. Research Considerations on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations

  194. Research Design Considerations for Integrating Cost Data with Customer Information in an Evaluation of School Meal Performance

  195. Research on Breastfed Infants Growth

  196. Research To Assess Links Between Diet Quality and Health

  197. Restructuring Food Stamps To Help Working Families

  198. Role of Food Stamps in the Post-Reform Safety Net: The Three-City Study

  199. School Breakfast Program: Participation and Impacts

  200. School Meal Program Participation, Food Consumption Away from School and Home, and Obesity Among Students

  201. Simplified Food Stamp Program Technical Assistance

  202. Simulating Program Costs and Participation Under the Farm Bill and Alternative Food Assistance Policies

  203. Smarter Choices Through Nutritional Report Cards Description

  204. Social Marketing Study to Increase Food Stamp Participation Among the Elderly

  205. Sources of Variation in State Food Stamp Participation Rates

  206. State Predictors of Household Food Security

  207. State Trends in Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation Among Elderly Individuals

  208. Structural Change in the Food Stamp Program Caseload Equation

  209. Studies of Households Who Leave the Food Stamp Program

  210. Study of Locality, Agency, and Individual Characteristics Affecting Food Stamp Program Participation in Virginia

  211. Study of Re-Engineering the Welfare System

  212. Study of School Food Authority Characteristics, Costs, and Revenues: Data Collection and Analysis

  213. Study of the Impact of a Rental Subsidy on Food Security of Welfare-Eligible Families

  214. Summer Feeding Integrity Study: Design, Cost, and Feasibility Plan

  215. Summer Food Service Program Study

  216. Supermarket Characteristics and Operating Costs in Low-Income Areas

  217. Supporting Families After Welfare Reform: Access to Medicaid, the Food Stamp Program (FSP), and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

  218. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)-Leavers Use of Food Stamps

  219. Testing a Food Choice Innovation for Middle School Cafeterias

  220. The Associations Among Food Assistance Program Participation, Food Security, and Child and Maternal Health Disparities

  221. The Changing Welfare System in Rural Areas

  222. The Complementary Roles of Public and Private Assistance

  223. The Consequences of Welfare Reform and Economic Change for the FSP and the Economy as a Whole

  224. The Costs of Delivering Benefits Through the Food Stamp Program as Compared With Other Major Benefit Programs

  225. The Determinants of Overweight and Obesity Among Low-Income Children

  226. The Ecological Predictors and Development Outcomes of Persistent Childhood Obesity

  227. The Economic Impact of School Meal Certification Approaches on the Uptake of Free- and Reduced-Price Meals

  228. The Economics of Obesity in the NLSY79 Panel

  229. The Effect of WIC on Household Food Expenditures: Assessing Available Data

  230. The Effects of Subsidized School Meals on Children's Diet Quality

  231. The Effects of Welfare Implementation on Food Stamp Caseloads

  232. The Evaluation of EBT Customer Service Waivers on Recipients

  233. The Extent of Trafficking in the Food Stamp Program After Welfare Reform

  234. The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Still "An Acceptable Alternative" to Food Stamps?

  235. The Impacts of Welfare Reform and the Macroeconomy on Food Stamp Caseloads and Expenditures

  236. The Multiple Contexts of Food Insecurity: Evaluating the Impact on Child Energy Balance

  237. The Role of Time Use in Promoting Healthy Energy Balance

  238. Time Series Analysis of Food Stamp Program Caseloads

  239. Trends in Food Stamp Program Certification Costs, 1989-2001

  240. Understanding Child Nutrition in the Year 2000: Dynamic Shifts and Their Determinants

  241. Understanding Determinants of Food Assistance Program Participation Decisions on Indian Reservations: A Framework for Program Assessment

  242. Understanding Food Choices and Dietary Decisions: A Behavioral Approach

  243. Understanding Program Participation Decisions of the Working Poor

  244. Understanding the Errors in Children’s Dietary Recalls

  245. United States Trends in Associations of Eating Patterns with BMI throughout the Lifecycle

  246. Using Nudges From Cafeterias and Parents To Encourage Healthy Food Choices at School

  247. Using Positive Deviance Principles to Identify Best Practices of Choice Architecture and Build Research Capacity with School Food Authorities

  248. Weekday and Weekend Eating: Assessing the Effect of School Meals

  249. Welfare and Food Assistance at the State Level: Methods and Iowa Estimates

  250. Welfare Reform Effects on Food Assistance Use and Family Well-Being

  251. Welfare Transitions and Food Sufficiency: Evidence from South Carolina

  252. What Explains Recent Changes in Food Stamp Program Caseloads?

  253. Where Is the Threshold? Estimation of the Money-Time Threshold for Food Stamp Participants

  254. WIC and the Economics of Infant Formula Contracts, Rebates, and Wholesale Prices

  255. WIC Eligibility Expert Review Panel Study

  256. WIC Food Package Revisions: Impact on Food Purchases and Access to Healthy Foods

  257. WIC General Analysis Project (GAP)

  258. WIC Innovative Practices Study

  259. WIC Supplemental Food Package Analysis

  260. WIC, Food Insecurity, and Child Health in Massachusetts

  261. WIC’s Effect on Prices of Infant Formula

  262. Survey support


  263. Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII)

  264. Current Population Survey (CPS) Food Security Supplements

  265. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort 2000

  266. Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey--Kindergarten Cohort

  267. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES IV)

  268. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

  269. RIDGE


  270. American Indian Studies Program, University of Arizona

  271. Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis

  272. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin

  273. Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University

  274. RIDGE Program Overview

  275. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University

  276. The RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research at the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  277. The RIDGE Center for Targeted Food and Nutrition Assistance Research at the Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University



This project database contains all ERS extramural projects funded through the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program and their peer reviewed publications through 2010. The ERS Publications Page maintains a current catalog of all ERS publications and those related to Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs .

 

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Updated date: March 16, 2011