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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Nord, Mark

Contributor:

Prell, Mark

United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service

Series:

Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; no. 116.

Economic research report ; no. 116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

United States.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (U.S.).

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (United States).

Food security--United States.

Food security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 46 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2011]

Summary:

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increased benefi t levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) and expanded SNAP eligibility for jobless adults without children. One goal of the program changes was to improve the food security of low-income households. We fi nd that food expenditures by low-income households increased by about 5.4 percent and their food insecurity declined by 2.2 percentage points from 2008 to 2009. Food security did not improve for households with incomes somewhat above the SNAP eligibility range. These fi ndings, based on data from the nationally representative Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement, suggest that the ARRA SNAP enhancements contributed substantially to improvements for low-income households.

Notes:

"April 2011."

"A report from the Economic Research Service."

Title from title screen (viewed on June 6, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35).

Other Format:

Print version: Nord, Mark. Food security improved following the 2009 ARRA increase in SNAP benefits.

OCLC:

729271398