This data set from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service identifies national level participation in and costs for SNAP from 1969-2018, national and/or state level monthly and/or annual data on the number of persons and households receiving SNAP and total benefits and average monthly SNAP benefits from FY 1969 to FY 2019 (until December 2018), and state and county SNAP participation rates.

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 programs through fiscal year 2017.

This U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service fact sheet offers introductory language to explain the ranges of food security and insecurity, a review of the recommendations of the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT), and characteristics of households with very low food security.

This Urban Institute study offers findings on how food insecurity impacts youth (ages 10 to 17), based on interviews and case studies of youth who participated in 20 focus groups in 10 communities. Discussion covers not only the data about food insecurity for teens, but also reflects the strategies that teens employ to mitigate or hide the effects of food insecurity.

This report from the Food Research and Action Center presents an analysis of the long-term health impacts from food insecurity among children, adults, and older adults. The report summarizes the chronic diseases, mental health concerns, and other health-related conditions (such as cost-related medication underuse) associated with food insecurity that each of these populations encounter.

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 and implementation stages of projects within Chickasaw Nation, Kentucky, Nevada, and Virginia are presented and are drawn from document reviews, technical assistance phone calls, field interviews, and focus groups convened at each location.

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 with incomes between 50 percent and 200 percent of the poverty line. Data from 2011 to 2014 surveys of 23,000 persons is analyzed to compare the measure of SNAP benefits with health-related outcomes in nonelderly adults versus children.

The Food Research and Action Center has developed an interactive data set to analyze the extent of hunger and the use of nutrition programs to stem food insecurity on a state-by-state level. Data in these interactive tables include demographic patterns, participation in state food security programs (including school breakfast and lunch, summer nutrition, SNAP, and Emergency Food Assistance programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children), and state economic security policies (including TANF and EITC).

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, screen and assess food insecurity among individuals age 50 or older. On May 30, 2018, the National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging hosted a webinar on the training. The webinar PowerPoint presentation and audio transcript are available through the Center’s website.

This Brookings Institution blog reviews the impact of SNAP in reducing food insecurity by geography. Presently, there are almost no differences in SNAP benefit formulas by state except Alaska and Hawaii. Data shows that geographical variation in food insecurity results from higher food prices in some states, which is associated with diminished SNAP purchasing power and greater food insecurity.