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Direct linkBesharov, Douglas J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Since its creation, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has changed from an antihunger program to an income-supplementation program. Because the program (and its predecessor Food Stamp Program) was not designed for this purpose, the result is a program that has many unintended and, many believe, negative effects. The key challenge…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Hunger, Food, Unemployment
Download full textDuke-Benfield, Amy Ellen – Postsecondary Value Commission, 2021
Many college students, especially students from low-income backgrounds, face significant structural barriers that make it challenging to persist and complete a degree or certificate. These barriers include substantial financial challenges. Student financial aid at the federal and state levels has not kept up with rising college costs, resulting in…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Quality of Life, Barriers, Student Financial Aid
Klerman, Jacob Alex; Danielson, Caroline – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
Between 2000 and 2005, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, until recently, the Food Stamp Program) caseload increased by half. As the Great Recession unfolded, the SNAP caseload grew even more rapidly. Further, over the past two decades the composition of the caseload has shifted sharply away from families combining food and cash…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food, Federal Programs, Welfare Services
Parish, Susan L.; Rose, Roderick A.; Grinstein-Weiss, Michal; Richman, Erica L.; Andrews, Megan E. – Exceptional Children, 2008
Researchers analyzed the 2002 wave of the National Survey of America's Families, conducted by the Urban Institute and Child Trends, and examined material hardship in families raising children with disabilities. Measures of hardship included food insecurity, housing instability, health care access, and telephone disconnection. The research…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Income, Disabilities, Welfare Recipients
Sullivan, James X.; Turner, Lesley; Danziger, Sheldon – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
This paper examines the relationship between income and the extent of material hardship and explores other factors that might affect hardship. Using panel data from the Women's Employment Study, we examine the incidence of material hardship from 1997 to 2003 among current and former welfare recipients. We then consider the extent to which income…
Descriptors: Income, Welfare Recipients, Low Income Groups, Females
Hanratty, Maria J. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
This paper uses data from the 1996 and 2001 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation to assess the impact of recent policy initiatives intended to increase access to Food Stamps. It finds that reductions in state certification requirements increased Food Stamp participation rates of income-eligible families with children by one to…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Food, Welfare Services, Program Effectiveness
