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Download full textGray, Kelsey Farson; Eslami, Esa – US Department of Agriculture, 2014
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves as the foundation of America's national nutrition safety net. It is the nation's first line of defense against food insecurity and offers a powerful tool to improve nutrition among low-income individuals. SNAP is the largest of the 15 domestic food and nutrition assistance programs…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food Service, Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients
Peer reviewedRyan, Carey S.; McCall, Robert B.; Robinson, Debbie R.; Groark, Christina J.; Mulvey, Laurie; Plemons, Bradford W. – Child Development, 2002
Examined benefits of the federal Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP) as a function of socioeconomic and welfare status. Found that more families in the CCDP left Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) than control families. The CCDP produced benefits for children whose parents were not receiving AFDC, who tended to choose…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Federal Programs, Poverty Programs, Socioeconomic Status
Urban Inst., Washington, DC. – 1987
This report uses data collected during the National Evaluation of School Nutrition Project (NESNP-II) in 1983-84 to describe the characteristics of students and households eligible for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP), and the characteristics of NSLP and SBP participants and their households. The NESNP-II…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
McLanahan, Sara; And Others – 1985
Five papers which criticize Charles Murray's book, "Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950-1980" are presented in this report. In general, the papers dispute Murray's thesis that the poor did not benefit from social policies but were, instead, substantially harmed by these programs. The papers (and their authors) are: (1)…
Descriptors: Blacks, Crime, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Feaster, J. Gerald – 1972
This report evaluates the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) of the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture. About 184,000 low-income families participated in the program prior to October 1969. A national sample of 10,500 showed that family incomes were very low--less than 2,700 dollars, of which more than a third was…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Dietetics, Eating Habits, Educationally Disadvantaged
HERMAN, MELVIN; SADOFSKY, STANLEY – 1967
INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES FROM 601 JOB SEEKERS AT THE HARYOU-ACT CENTER AND JOHN F. KENNEDY JOIN CENTER BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1965 AND JUNE 1966 FURNISHED DATA FOR THIS STUDY OF WORK-SEEKING NEGRO YOUTHS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 21. SIMILAR DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM THREE CONTROL SAMPLES INCLUDING 260 MALE JUNIORS AND SENIORS AT A PREDOMINANTLY…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Black Attitudes, Black Youth, Career Choice
