This report from Prosperity Now provides information about why creating savings penalties towards welfare programs such as SNAP and SSI actually harm families instead of aiding them. Studies have shown that low-income families with savings are able…

The Food Research and Action Center and the AARP Foundation developed the Screen, Document and Intervene: Addressing Food Insecurity in Older Adults online course, which teaches community-based partners and health care providers how to identify,…

This working paper from the Upjohn Institute identifies how over half of registering households in multiple states leave SNAP within one year of entry, rather than complete administrative requirements to receive benefits. The paper’s author studied…

This report from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation is a required annual report to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. The report provides data on benefits provided only by Temporary Assistance…

SNAP to Skills will host the webinar Better Jobs and Increased Incomes: Integrating SNAP E…

This University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research report studies how SNAP addresses food insecurity’s effect on health and healthcare utilization for low-income families with incomes below 50 percent of the poverty line compared with those…

This U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service report analyzes preliminary data from the agency’s Food and Nutrition Service and highlights trends in food insecurity and the utilization of Federal nutritional and food assistance…

In this Brookings Paper on Economic Activity, the authors focus on children within the safety net programs of Medicaid, EITC, CTC, SNAP, and TANF, and how federal money has shifted over time to currently benefit families with earnings above the…

This U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service report reviews demonstration projects and innovative strategies to address childhood hunger and food insecurity. Authorized by the 2010 Child Nutrition Act, findings from the planning…

Please join the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for a webinar reaffirming and renewing its partnership with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and between the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (…