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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