Snap's (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) role in poverty reduction and increased food security / Brian E. Hall and Richard F. Green, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Brian E., editor.

Green, Richard F., editor.

Series:

Agriculture issues and policies.

Agriculture Issues and Policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (U.S.).

Food relief--United States.

Food relief.

Food security--United States.

Food security.

Poverty--United States.

Poverty.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2012.

Summary:

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) plays a vital role in the social safety net in the United States, providing almost $72 billion in benefits in 2011. An important measure of SNAP's effectiveness is the extent to which the program reduces poverty. Evaluations of antipoverty effect of safety net programs often focus on the rate of poverty. However, the poverty rate reflects only one aspect of the antipoverty effect of a safety net program, whether or not adding program benefits to a family's resources lifts them above the poverty threshold. This book examines SNAP's role in poverty reduction with a focus on increased food security.

Contents:

Alleviating poverty in the United States : the critical role of SNAP benefits / Laura Tiehen, Dean Jolliffe and Craig Gundersen

Food security improved following the 2009 ARRA increase in SNAP benefits / Mark Nord and Mark Prell

Does SNAP decrease food insecurity? untangling the self-selection effect / Mark Nord and Anne Marie Golla.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62257-147-9