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to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This study investigates … participation in, and benefits received from, AFDC/TANF and food assistance programs, before and after the legislation, for children … and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) rose, mainly among children in low …
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This report uses preliminary administrative data from USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the agency responsible for managing the programs, to examine trends in the food and nutrition assistance programs through fi scal 2013 (October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013). The report uses ERS...
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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, and all three compete for non-WIC customers at grocery stores. Previous studies … explained the low WIC prices and the higher retail prices as the result of price discrimination. We propose an alternative … spillover model. Grocery stores, which supply both WIC participants and others, provide relatively large amounts of shelf space …
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the major purchaser of infant … formula in the United States. To reduce the cost of infant formula to WIC, Federal law requires that WIC State agencies … operate a costcontainment system for the purchase of infant formula. Typically, WIC State agencies obtain substantial …
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An estimated 85.7 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2013, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (14.3 percent) were food insecure at least some time...
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