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Gundersen, Craig – Future of Children, 2015
Food assistance programs--including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps), the National School Lunch Program, and the School Breakfast Program--have been remarkably successful at their core mission: reducing food insecurity among low-income children. Moreover, writes Craig Gundersen, SNAP in particular has also been…
Descriptors: Food, Social Services, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs
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Bovell, Allison R.; de Cuba, Stephanie Ettinger; Casey, Patrick H.; Coleman, Sharon; Cook, John T.; Cutts, Diana; Heeren, Timothy C.; Meyers, Alan; Sandel, Megan; Black, Maureen M.; Chilton, Mariana; Frank, Deborah A. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2015
Background: 2007-2013 spanned an economic downturn with rising food costs. While Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits increased during those years by 13.6% from the 2009 American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the impact of these competing conditions on household food insecurity (HFI, household food insecure but child food…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Isaacs, Julia; Hahn, Heather; Rennane, Stephanie; Steuerle, C. Eugene; Vericker, Tracy – Urban Institute, 2011
"Kids' Share 2011: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2010," a fifth annual report, looks comprehensively at trends over the past 50 years in federal spending and tax expenditures on children. Key findings suggest that the size and composition of expenditures on children have changed considerably, but children have not…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Children, Budgets