SNAP's (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Role in Poverty Reduction & Increased Food Security: - Hardcover

Brian E Hall; Richard F Green

 
9781622571222: SNAP's (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Role in Poverty Reduction & Increased Food Security:
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1622571223 ISBN 13: 9781622571222
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2012

Synopsis

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) plays a vital role in the social safety net in the United States, providing almost $72 billion in benefits in 2011. An important measure of SNAP's effectiveness is the extent to which the program reduces poverty. Evaluations of antipoverty effect of safety net programs often focus on the rate of poverty. However, the poverty rate reflects only one aspect of the antipoverty effect of a safety net program, whether or not adding program benefits to a family's resources lifts them above the poverty threshold. This book examines SNAP's role in poverty reduction with a focus on increased food security.

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Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1622571223
ISBN 13 
9781622571222
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
127