Barriers to Participation in the Food Stamp Program Among Food Pantry Clients in Los Angeles

Barriers to participation in the food stamp program among food pantry clients in Los Angeles.

Substantial numbers of food pantry clients are eligible for food stamps but do not receive them. Background characteristics of 14317 food pantry users in Los Angeles were analyzed to provide information helpful in food stamp outreach programs. Ninety percent of food pantry users were living well below poverty level, 59% were Hispanic, and 44% were homeless. Only 15% of the food pantry clients r...

Food insecurity and diabetes self-management among food pantry clients.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between level of food security and diabetes self-management among food pantry clients, which is largely not possible using clinic-based sampling methods. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING Community-based food pantries in California, Ohio and Texas, USA, from March 2012 through March 2014. SUBJECTS Convenience sample of adults with diabe...

The Impact of Food Stamp Program on Relative Food Consumption and Food Choices

  I n this paper, the effects of the Food Stamp (FS) Program (now referred to as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-SNAP) on individuals’ food choices are evaluated. In other words, I examine how households' food choice or relative food consumption is changed by FS participation. For this purpose six food groups are created using 2016 Consumer Expenditure Diary Surv...

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Food Insufficiency, Food Stamp Participation, and Mental Health

Objectives. This study examines whether the mental health consequences associated with food insufficiency vary by food stamp participation status and/or the value of the food stamp benefit received. Methods. We use longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics along with fixed-effect methods that control for unobserved heterogeneity to test our hypotheses. Results. We find that, con...