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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Local Program Outreach and Eligibility Services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

James Mabli
James Mabli*
Affiliation:
Mathematica Policy Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Correspondence: James Mabli▪Associate Director of Research▪Mathematica Policy Research▪ 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 801▪Cambridge, MA 02139▪Phone 617.301.8997▪Email[email protected].
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Abstract

Program outreach activities are integral components of social welfare programs, but the relationship between availability of outreach services and households’ program participation has not been examined due to lack of data on outreach efforts. This study uses a unique, nationally representative, matched household-agency data set of more than 21,000 households from 2009 to examine relationships between household participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and outreach and eligibility services offered by local agencies. When agencies provide applications to clients of emergency food pantries and submit their applications to SNAP administrative offices, the probability of household participation in SNAP increases 5–6 percentage points.

Keywords

emergency food pantriesmatched household-agency dataoutreachprogram participationSNAP
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Research Article
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , December 2015 , pp. 291 - 314
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Copyright © 2015 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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