This new policy brief looks at whether food stamps are getting to the people who need them, noting wide variation from state to state.

This report estimates states’ need for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) and the program’s effectiveness from 2006 to 2008. The estimated numbers of people eligible for SNAP measure the need for the program. The estimated SNAP participation rates measure, state by state,...

This report provides technical documentation for food stamp estimates included in the pamphlet, "Reaching Those In Need: Food Stamp Participation Rates in the States in 2003," and the report, "State Food Stamp Participation Rates for the Working Poor in 2003."

Estimates state food stamp participation rates as of September 1999, as well as how these rates changed since September 1994. Reports that rates varied widely from state to state in 1999, with some rates under 50% and some over 70%, while the national rate was 57%. Also finds that participation...

This new policy brief looks at whether food stamps are getting to the people who need them, noting wide variation from state to state.

This new policy brief looks at whether food stamps are getting to the people who need them, noting wide variation from state to state.

Notes that about 59 percent of eligible people received food stamps in September 2000, although participation varied widely from state to state. The Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Mountain Plains regions had higher participation rates than other regions, while the Southwest and Western regions had...

Estimates the need for food stamps and the Food Stamp Program's effectiveness from 1994 to 1999 in each state.