Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Pilot Projects in Increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Among Medicare's Extra Help Population (Executive Summary)

This report examines pilot programs in three states designed to expand access to SNAP for low-income elderly people and people with disabilities. The multiyear, multimode study, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, found that all of the pilot projects had positive effects on SNAP applications and approvals among the target population; however, some effects were very small in a practical sense.

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Year of publication:	2014-12-30
Authors:	Sama-Miller, Emily ; Makowsky, Libby ; Rowe, Gretchen ; Brown, Elizabeth ; Clary, Elizabeth ; Castner, Laura ; Satake, Miki
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Subject:	SNAP \| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program \| Extra Help \| MIPPA \| Low Income Subsidy \| LIS \| Medicare \| MSP \| Medicare Savings Program \| Pilot Project \| demonstration \| SNAP Access \| dual eligible \| elderly \| disabilities \| nutrition \| difference in difference \| quasi experimental \| food security \| hunger

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	2 pages long
Classification:	I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare. General ; I1 - Health
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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