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Applying
for and Staying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program in South Carolina—This study used administrative
records for 50,067 applications and 34,914 benefit spells
in South Carolina for the period October 1996-November
2007 to examine households' applications to and participation
in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The results indicate that a household's application and
participation history affect its subsequent application
success and program tenure. Applicants with recent SNAP
program experience are more likely to have their applications
accepted than other applicants. (January 2011)
State Trends
in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility
and Participation Among Elderly Individuals—Elderly
adults (age 60 and older) participate in the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at lower rates than
other eligible people. This report provides State information
on the characteristics of elderly SNAP participants and
eligibles as well as elderly participation rates that
can be used both in assessing the success of past efforts
and when considering additional efforts to increase elderly
SNAP participation. The report is based on analyses from
a Survey of Income and Program Participation-based microsimulation
model, SNAP Quality Control data files, the Current Population
Survey, and other data. Findings show that the estimated
elderly SNAP participation rate increased steadily from
25 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2002 to 34 percent in FY
2006. (November 2010)
Sources of
Variation in State-Level Food Stamp Participation Rates—This
study finds that different population characteristics
across States were a major factor explaining the wide
range (43 to 83 percent) in State-level FSP participation
rates. States with a higher share of households headed
by elderly people had lower rates, while those with a
higher share of households without earnings and headed
by nonelderly people had higher rates. (March 2008)
Effects of
Economic Conditions and Program Policy on State Food Stamp
Program Caseloads, 2000 to 2006—This study examined
the economic and policy factors associated with the sharp
increase in the number of Food Stamp Program (FSP) participants
between 2000 and 2006. Higher participation was associated
with higher State unemployment rates and lower State labor
force participation rates and minimum wages. The introduction
of FSP policies designed to expand eligibility and ease
reporting also increased the number of participants. (August
2009)
 How
Much Does SNAP Reduce Food Insecurity?—Using the 1996,
2001, and 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP) panels, this report measures the effectiveness
of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
in reducing food insecurity using a dummy endogenous variable
model with instrumental variables to control for selection
bias. Models that control for the endogeneity of SNAP
receipt suggest that SNAP receipt reduces the likelihood
of being food insecure by roughly 30 percent and reduces
the likelihood of being very food insecure by 20 percent.
(April 2010)
Food
Stamps and Obesity: What We Know and What It Means—An
ERS review of the literature finds women to be the only
group where there may be a link between food stamp participation
and the likelihood of obesity. Devising policy changes
that target household members at risk of gaining weight,
without harming those not at risk, is a difficult challenge.
(June 2008)
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