Reaching the Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP: Evaluation Findings from the Fiscal Year 2009 Pilots
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Reaching the Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP: Evaluation Findings from the Fiscal Year 2009 Pilots

Published: Apr 01, 2014
Publisher: Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research
Human Services Nutrition Nutrition and Food Assistance Programs
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Reaching the Underserved Elderly and Working Adults in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Time frame: 2009-2013

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service

Clients
USDA
Authors

Jacqueline Kauff

Lisa Dragoset

Elizabeth Clary

Elizabeth Laird

Libby Makowsky

Emily Sama-Miller

Key Findings
  • Two demonstrations—in Michigan and Pennsylvania—targeting the elderly significantly increased access to nutritional assistance through SNAP.
 

A study conducted for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service evaluated pilot demonstrations designed to facilitate access by the elderly or working poor to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Among other key findings, two demonstrations targeting the elderly significantly increased access to nutritional assistance through SNAP.

 

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