Leftin, Joshua; Wolkwitz, Kari - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, helps low … measure of SNAP's performance. Of the 39 million people eligible for benefits in an average month in 2007, 26 million (66 … percent) participated. SNAP also provided 81 percent of the benefits that all eligible people could receive because the …