To raise participation in the Food Stamp Program by low-income elderly people, USDA implemented the Elderly Nutrition Demonstration in Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Michigan, and North Carolina in 2002. Each demonstration used one of three strategies to increase participation: (1)...

Mathematica's latest report shows that 21st Century after-school programs, which currently spend $1 billion a year in federal funding, changed where and with whom students spent some of their after-school time. But our analysis also reveals that programs had only limited influence on academic...

Upward Bound is one of the largest and longest running federal programs designed to help economically disadvantaged students go to college. This report from Mathematica's national evaluation finds that Upward Bound increased the number of high school math credits that participants earned but did...

Examines the post-PRWORA labor market experiences of low-wage workers, using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).