Annual and Monthly SNAP Participation Rates

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By Mark Prell (au); Constance Newman (au); Erik Scherpf (au)
Year: 2015
Pages: 48
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-7035-4

Product Code: 1457870354

Description

A key aspect of the U.S. Department of Agricultureäó»s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Serviceäó»s (FNS) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the extent to which it reaches its target population - the rate of participation among people who are eligible for SNAP benefits (eligibles). FNS publishes national and State-level estimates of participation among eligibles for an average month of the year. This report demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of estimating an annual SNAP participation rate, which counts the number of individuals who participated at some time during the year as a share of idividuals who were eligible at some time during the year. Results show that the national annual SNAP participation rate among eligibles for 2012 (the most recent year with suitable data) is about 70.7% -- more than 10 percentage points below the monthly participation rate of 83.1%. Figures and tables. This is a print on demand report.

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