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Effects of the Decline in the Real Value of SNAP Benefits From 2009 to 2011

  • by Mark Nord
  • 8/2/2013
  • ERR-151

Overview

This report estimates the extent to which inflation in food prices has eroded improvement in the food security of SNAP recipients that followed the increase in benefit size in April 2009 mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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