scholarly journals Household Assets and Food Stamp Program Participation Among Eligible Low-Income Households

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Huang ◽  
Yunju Nam ◽  
Nora Wikoff
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Household Assets ◽  
Low Income Households

Food Stamp Program Effects on Availability Of Food Nutrients for Low Income Families In the Southern Region of the United States

1979 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Keith Scearce ◽  
Robert B. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Southern Region ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Nutritional Improvement ◽  
Program Effects ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Low Income Households

The food stamp program, as enacted into law in 1964, was intended to improve the diet of low income households, but whether the program resulted in a nutritional improvement remains a controversial question. Several studies have evaluated the nutritional impact of the food stamp program on participant households. In general, the study findings do not conclusively resolve the question of nutritional improvement for participant families. Studies of California families showed some nutritional improvements among food stamp recipients in comparison with nonrecipients [7, 8]. A study in Pennsylvania showed no nutritional improvements, except in temporary periods of cash shortage [9].

Impact of Elimination of the Food Stamp Program's Purchase Requirement on Participants' Food Purchases

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry E. Salathe
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Eligibility Requirements ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Stamp Act ◽  
Low Income Households

The Food Stamp Act authorizes the distribution of food coupons (stamps) to households which meet certain income eligibility requirements. This legislation enables low-income households to buy more food of greater variety to improve their diet. In fiscal 1979, the cost of the Food Stamp Program amounted to $6.7 billion and the number of persons participating in the program averaged 18.9 million.

scholarly journals Modeling the Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Participating Households' Purchases: An Empirical Application

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung L. Huang ◽  
Stanley M. Fletcher ◽  
Robert Raunikar
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Additional Food ◽  
Empirical Application ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Low Income Households

The present legal authority for the Food Stamp Program (FSP) is the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. As adopted, the legislation includes a thorough overhaul of the FSP enacted into law in 1964. The FSP provides direct subsidies in the form of additional food dollars to low-income households to enhance the purchasing of nutritionally adequate diets. The most significant effect both on participating households and the food industry is the elimination of the purchase requirement whereby participants pay for food stamps. Under the new legislation, participants receive food stamps free of charge. The benefits received are roughly equivalent to the value of bonus stamps under the old program (Stucker and Boehm).

Regional Variation in the Determinants of Food Stamp Program Participation

1984 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
J E Kodras
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
The Us ◽  
Economic Need ◽  
Welfare Agencies

In this paper I investigate the degree to which determinants of participation in an American welfare program operate differentially throughout the country to create disparities in program use. A spatially expanded model is specified to examine areal variations in the use of the US Food Stamp Program. The regionally varying response of Program participation to conditions of economic need and the presence of minorities appears to reflect different degrees of urbanism among sections of the country. Regional variations in the response of Program participation to benefit levels appear to be a result of different intergovernmental arrangements between the federal government and state welfare agencies. The often-made assumption of spatial stability in the influence of welfare determinants is not justified, given the regional complexities within which the welfare system operates in the United States of America.

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