Changes
in Client Service in the Food Stamp Program After Welfare Reform: A
Synthesis of Case Studies in Eight States
This synthesis
of findings from site visits to 24 local welfare offices in 8 States
discusses how local operations have changed since welfare reform in
ways that may affect the accessibility and quality of services provided
in the Food Stamp Program. In States that restructured local office
operations and placed a strong emphasis on applicant job search for
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) clients, the study also
examines how this employment focus was translated into changes in client
service to the non-TANF able-bodied adult food stamp population. States
visited for this study were: Kansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Colorado,
Washington State, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. (Prepared for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, January 2001.)
Data
Development Initiatives for Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition
Programs, Phase I: Ten Potential Data Initiatives
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HSR, in
cooperation with the Urban Institute and the Research Triangle Institute,
embarked on a journed to develop new ideas on how to use data more effectively
for the various Federal food assistance programs. This report, supported
by the USDA's Economic Research Service, describes 10 potential data
development initiatives, each of which holds promise for improving the
quality or reducing the cost of data resources in USDA's three major
food assistance programs. The initiatives reflect the research needs
of all three of the largest Federal food assistance programs: the Food
Stamp Program (FSP), the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC), and the National School Lunch Program (NLSP). The
initiatives also were chosen to provide information for several types
of research, especially the measurement of program impacts and the dynamics
of program participation.
FSNEP
Case Study Report
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In 1997,
the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) commissioned a study of State-level
efforts to provide food stamp recipients and eligibles with nutrition
education. The purpose of the study was to provide FNS with descriptive
information about how Food Stamp Nutrition Education has been implemented
in States utilizing the optional nutrition education provisions of the
Food Stamp Program. As a part of that study, six local case studies
were conducted to examine how local programs implement State policy.
This report
presents information obtained from the six case studies. The goal of
the case study reports is to provide descriptive information about how
local programs implement nutrition education activities for food stamp
recipients and eligibles. (Prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Food and Nutrition Service, April 28, 2000)
FSNEP
Final Report
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In 1997,
the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) commissioned a study of State-level
efforts to provide food stamp recipients and eligibles with nutrition
education. The purpose of the study was to provide FNS with descriptive
information about how Food Stamp Nutrition Education has been implemented
in States utilizing the optional nutrition education provisions of the
Food Stamp Program. (Prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food
and Nutrition Service, April 28, 2000)
Evaluation
of Statewide Nutrition Education Networks
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This report
describes the progress and accomplishments of 22 Statewide nutrition
education networks funded through cooperative agreements through the
Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The
report includes three reference manuals for Needs Assessment, Social
Marketing, and Evaluating Social Marketing in Nutrition. (Prepared for
USDA Food and Nutrition Service, 1999)
Report
to Congress on State Use of Funds to Increase Work Slots for Food Stamp
Recipients
This report examines how States changed the design, focus, and spending
for their Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) Programs after
new requirements were imposed on States by the Balanced Budget Act of
1997 (BBA). Findings show States changed the nature of their Food Stamp
E&T Program components to meet the new work requirements for able-bodied
adults without dependents, but were not able to spend all the available
funds in the first year of the newly designed program. Case studies
of five local Food Stamp E&T Programs assess what can be learned
about promising approaches to reach hard-to-serve food stamp populations.
(Prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research
Service, October 2000.)
For access
to the public use data files and the report, contact cggunder@ers.usda.gov
or vgabor@hsrnet.com.
State
Food Stamp Policy Choices Under Welfare Reform
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This report
documents the findings from a November 1997 survey of State Food Stamp
Program (FSP) directors on their policy decisions under new options
in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996, specifically in these areas: implementation of the work requirement
and time limit for ABAWDs, sanctions for noncompliance with program
work rules, State and local food assistance for legal immigrants ineligible
for Federal food stamps, coordination of the FSP and TANF application
processes, and States' use of existing data systems to verify food stamp
client information. (Prepared for USDA Food and Nutrition Service, May
1998)
