In the continuing debate about the effectiveness of nutrition programs for low-income people, policymakers and others concerned about hunger in America want to know whether people in different areas of the country who need SNAP benefits—formerly called food stamp benefits—are...

This document presents a proposal for enhancement of the Benefit Offset Simulation Model (BOSIM), which was initially developed to support the design of the Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND). BOND tests alternative Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) work rules that increase...

This study describes obesity prevention practices and environments in Head Start, the largest federally funded early childhood education initiative in the United States. Most programs reported doing more to support healthy eating and physical activity than federal performance standards require....