This article estimates the effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on children’s food security … using data from the largest national survey of food security of SNAP participants to date. The study found children in … households that had participated in SNAP for 6 months experienced improvements in food security. On the basis of these findings …

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance to more than 47 million low … lifestyle, otherwise known as "food security." Our study conducted for the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of … Agriculture shows that SNAP participation is associated with improved food security. The study is the largest and most rigorous …

This report provides information on the demographic and economic characteristics of SNAP households in fiscal year 2009 …

The participation rates presented in this report estimate the percentage of individuals eligible under federal SNAP … income and asset rules who choose to participate in the program. Of the nearly 52 million individuals eligible for SNAP …. From FY 2010 to FY 2011, the number of SNAP participants increased by 9 percent and the number of eligible individuals …

This report describes the characteristics of SNAP households and participants and presents an overview of SNAP … SNAP households lived in poverty, 42 percent of SNAP households had gross income less than or equal to half of the poverty … guideline and received 55 percent of all benefits. Seventy-five percent of SNAP households included a child, an elderly person …

This document presents estimates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation rates for all …