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Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. aHv696 [) A Current Perspectives on Food Stamp Program Participation = comers 1 FENdsS in Food Stamp Neuer Program Participation ce», Rates: 1999 to 2001 Current Perspectives on Food Stamp Program Participation Titles in this series: Food Stamp Program Participation Rates Pat Doyle and Harold Beebout November 1988 Food Stamp Program Participation Rates Among the Poverty Population, 1980-1987 Carole Trippe and Harold Beebout November 1988 Determinants of Participation in the Food Stamp Program: A Review bed of the Literature Susan Allin and Harold Beebout November 1989 Estimating Rates of Participation in the Food Stamp Program: A Review of the Literature Carole Trippe November 1989 Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: August 1985 Pat Doyle April 1990 The Effects of Food Stamps on Food Consumption: A Review of the Literature Thomas M. Fraker October 1990 Participation in the Food Stamp Program: A Multivariate Analysis Alberto Martini March 1992 Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: January 1988 Carole Trippe and Pat Doyle July 1992 Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 1976 to 1990 Carole Trippe, Pat Doyle, and Andrew Asher July 1992 Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: January 1989 July 1992 Carole Trippe and Pat Doyle Dynamics of the Food Stamp Program as Reported in the Survey of Income and Program Participation Nancy R. Burstein January 1993 Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: January 1992 Carole Trippe and Julie Sykes October 1994 Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: January 1994 Michael Stavrianos March 1997 Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: Focus on September 1997 Laura Castner and Scott Cody November 1999 Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: Focus on 1994 to 1998 Laura Castner November 2000 Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 1994 to 1999 Randy Rosso October 2001 Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 1994 to 2000 Karen Cunnyngham June 2002 FEB 0 9 2004 L@) USDA ao eae United States Food and 3101 Park Center Drive Department of Nutrition Room 1014 Agriculture Service Alexandria, VA 22302 Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 1999 to 2001 Karen Cunnyngham A product of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. 600 Maryland Avenue, SW Suite 550 Washington, DC 20024 June 2003 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communications of program information (Braille, large point, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was prepared by Karen Cunnyngham of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis, Nutrition, and Evaluation. Many individuals made important contributions to the report. The author thanks Carole Trippe and Laura Castner for providing guidance and reviewing the report, Mike Bloom and Bruce Schechter for providing programming support, and Micki Morris for preparing the manuscript. The author also thanks Jenny Genser of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service for providing guidance and program information. This work was conducted under contract number 53-3198-9-008 with the Food and Nutrition Service. An electronic version of this report is available at www.fns.usda.gov/oane/ MENU/Published/FSP/ Participation.htm. Author: Karen Cunnyngham MPR Project Director: Carole Trippe MPR Project Number: 8659-314 FNS Project Officer: Jenny Genser FNS Contract Number: 53-3198-9-008 June 2003 TA ATIVIL Ea ; rma % arattet? oO mw {> Se soma ya heey ww get a ' a Py ierland ari Ft vr not stY bee baer a guuic net ) Sewn gel c a rs ! ai" ir. 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