Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
A Bill to Strengthen the Food Stamp Act of 1977
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Food Stamp Reform
Author: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309263476
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
For many Americans who live at or below the poverty threshold, access to healthy foods at a reasonable price is a challenge that often places a strain on already limited resources and may compel them to make food choices that are contrary to current nutritional guidance. To help alleviate this problem, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers a number of nutrition assistance programs designed to improve access to healthy foods for low-income individuals and households. The largest of these programs is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, which today serves more than 46 million Americans with a program cost in excess of $75 billion annually. The goals of SNAP include raising the level of nutrition among low-income households and maintaining adequate levels of nutrition by increasing the food purchasing power of low-income families. In response to questions about whether there are different ways to define the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a study to examine the feasibility of defining the adequacy of SNAP allotments, specifically: the feasibility of establishing an objective, evidence-based, science-driven definition of the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, as well as other relevant dimensions of adequacy; and data and analyses needed to support an evidence-based assessment of the adequacy of SNAP allotments. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy reviews the current evidence, including the peer-reviewed published literature and peer-reviewed government reports. Although not given equal weight with peer-reviewed publications, some non-peer-reviewed publications from nongovernmental organizations and stakeholder groups also were considered because they provided additional insight into the behavioral aspects of participation in nutrition assistance programs. In addition to its evidence review, the committee held a data gathering workshop that tapped a range of expertise relevant to its task.
Review of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Compilation of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and Other Selected Federal Nutrition Statutes
Author: United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Food Stamp Act of 1964
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and ForestryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food relief
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Proposed Reauthorization of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977: Food stamps
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A Bill to Amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to Provide Greater Access to the Food Stamp Program by Reducing Duplicative and Burdensome Administrative Requirements, Authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to Award Grants to Certain Community-based Nonprofit Feeding and Anti-hunger Groups for the Purpose of Establishing and Implementing a Beyond the SOup Kitchen Pilot Program for Certain Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Populations, and for Other Purposes
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunger
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Food Stamps
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Subcommittee on NutritionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food relief
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Author: Texas