Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings

Preliminary Agenda

Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU)
1307 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005-4704
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

8:15 - 8:45 am

Check-in and continental breakfast

8:45 - 9:00 am

Welcome and Keynote Speaker
Moderator: Laurian J. Unnevehr, Economic Research Service, USDA

9:00 - 10:30 am

SNAP:  Emerging Issues and Research Priorities
Moderator: Victor Oliveira, Economic Research Service, USDA

• Joel Berg, New York City Coalition Against Hunger and Center for American Progress
• Pamela Loprest, Urban Institute
• Lisa Shelton, House Committee on Agriculture
• Anita Singh, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

10:30 - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 - 11:45 am

Recent Findings on SNAP
Moderator: John Kirlin, Economic Research Service, USDA

• Child Well-being Among Families Experiencing Job Loss, Divorce or Separation: The Effects of Food Assistance Programs
  Luke Shaefer, University of Michigan
• Multi-Program Participation in SNAP and Unemployment Insurance:  How Tight are the Strands of the Recessionary Safety Net?
  David Finifter, College of William and Mary
• Effects of ARRA SNAP Enhancements on Food Spending and Food Security
  Mark Nord, Economic Research Service, USDA

11:45 am - 1:15 pm

Lunch (on your own)

1:15 - 2:45 pm

Child Nutrition and WIC:  Emerging Issues and Research Priorities
Moderator: Joanne Guthrie, Economic Research Service, USDA

• Eric Steiner, Staff, Senate Agriculture Committee
• Heather Hartline-Grafton, Food Research and Action Center
• Art Burger, Burger, Carroll, and Associates
• Jay Hirschman, Food and Nutrition Service

2:45 - 3:00 pm

Break

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Recent Findings on Program Access and Outcomes
Moderator: Betsy Frazao, Economic Research Service, USDA

• Early Findings from the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs
  David Just, Cornell University
• Effects of Changes in WIC Food Packages on Redemptions
  Stacy Gleason, Altarum Institute
• The Food Costs of Healthier School Lunches
  Constance Newman
• Participation in USDA’s Food Assistance Programs over the Business Cycle
  Victor Oliveira, Economic Research Service

4:30 - 4:45 pm

Conference Wrap Up
David Smallwood, Economic Research Service, USDA