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States Have an Important Opportunity to Address Childhood Hunger This Summer

May 24, 2022 | Katie Bergh

Summer P-EBT is a highly effective strategy to reduce food hardship among families with children. If all states participate, the program could provide over $13 billion in fully federally funded benefits to more than 36 million children nationwide.

Food Assistance in American Rescue Plan Act Will Reduce Hardship, Provide Economic Stimulus

May 7, 2021

Report

American Families Plan Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

May 21, 2021

Report

Food Assistance in President Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Would Reduce Hardship, Provide Economic Stimulus

January 28, 2021

Report

Changes in SNAP Benefit Levels and Food Spending and Diet Quality: Simulations from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey

May 12, 2022 | Michele Ver Ploeg and Chen Zhen

Blog

Modernizing SNAP Benefits Will Help Millions of Families Afford Healthy, Nutritious Diet

August 16, 2021 | Joseph Llobrera

Report

Permanently End the SNAP Cut-Off to Support a More Equitable Recovery

May 4, 2021 | Ed Bolen, Joseph Llobrera and Brynne Keith-Jennings

Statement

Rosenbaum: Executive Action on Food Assistance Strengthens Federal Response to Hunger

January 22, 2021 | Dottie Rosenbaum

Resource List

Puerto Rico's Nutrition Assistance Program

Puerto Rico’s household food assistance program, the Nutrition Assistance Program, is one of the most important programs helping people meet basic needs in Puerto Rico.

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El Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (PAN)

El Programa de Asistencia Nutricional es uno de los programas de asistencia económica más importantes en Puerto Rico.

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SNAP: State by State Data, Fact Sheets, and Resources

April 25, 2022

This page contains links to resources and fact sheets organized by state.

Resource List

Resources on SNAP and Work

SNAP is an important support for low-income workers. Millions of Americans work in jobs with low wages, unpredictable schedules, and no benefits such as paid sick leave — all of which contribute to...

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Policy Brief

Boosting SNAP Benefits Would Increase Spending on Groceries and Improve the Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases

May 12, 2022

Report

A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets

April 25, 2022

Report

State WIC Agencies Use Federal Flexibility to Streamline Enrollment

April 1, 2022

Policy Brief

Targeted Text Message Outreach Can Increase WIC Enrollment

March 31, 2022

Policy Brief

Matching Data Across Benefit Programs Can Increase WIC Enrollment

March 31, 2022

Policy Brief

Using Data Matching and Targeted Outreach to Boost WIC Enrollment: Lessons Learned from State Pilots

March 31, 2022

Policy Basics

SNAP helps over 40 million low-income people afford a nutritionally adequate diet; WIC provides nutritious food for about 7 million low-income women, infants, and children; and school breakfast and lunch programs provide free and reduced-price meals to over 20 million low-income children.

We design and promote policies to make SNAP stronger, more accessible, and easier to administer; help states design their SNAP programs; help ensure that WIC has the funds to serve all eligible applicants; and design and promote policies that increase school meal participation by low-income children.

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Experts

States Have an Important Opportunity to Address Childhood Hunger This Summer

Summer P-EBT is a highly effective strategy to reduce food hardship among families with children. If all states participate, the program could provide over $13 billion in fully federally funded...

Boosting SNAP Benefits Would Increase Spending on Groceries and Improve the Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases

New research finds that increasing SNAP benefits is expected to increase low-income households’ spending on food prepared at home and improve the nutritional quality of the foods purchased, with...

Changes in SNAP Benefit Levels and Food Spending and Diet Quality: Simulations from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey

This brief simulates how three levels of SNAP average benefit increases — 20 percent, 27 percent, and 40 percent — could impact food spending and diet...

Targeted Text Message Outreach Can Increase WIC Enrollment

Matching Data Across Benefit Programs Can Increase WIC Enrollment

Using Data Matching and Targeted Outreach to Boost WIC Enrollment: Lessons Learned from State Pilots

State WIC Agencies Use Federal Flexibility to Streamline Enrollment

Understanding which policies states have implemented can help federal policymakers update those program...

Características de los participantes en el Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (PAN) y sus conexiones con el mercado laboral

Read in English Los debates en Puerto Rico sobre el impacto de los programas de seguridad económica, particularmente, sobre el Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (PAN, en inglés...

Updated Thrifty Food Plan Helps Millions of Families Add More Healthy Foods to Their Diet

March is National Nutrition Month and a key emphasis of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2022 is for people to eat a variety of nutritious foods. Families with low incomes are now better...

Increasing WIC Coverage Through Cross-Program Data Matching and Targeted Outreach

This toolkit is designed to help state and local WIC agencies leverage data from Medicaid and SNAP to measure enrollment gaps and increase enrollment using tools to plan, launch, and/or strengthen...

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