Download or read book Reauthorization of SNAP and Other Nutrition Programs in the Next Farm Bill written by Randy Alison Aussenberg and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Food Stamp Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Subcommittee on Nutrition and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nutrition Title of the New Federal Farm Bill written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Snap written by Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, is designed primarily to increase the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households to help them buy a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet. This report describes the rules related to eligibility for SNAP benefits as well as the rules for benefits and their redemption. SNAP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS). SNAP is authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. This law, formerly the Food Stamp Act of 1977, has since 1973 been reauthorized by the “farm bill,” omnibus legislation that also typically includes the authorization of other federal agricultural policies and programs. The program was most recently reauthorized by the 2014 farm bill (P.L. 113-79, enacted February 7, 2014). SNAP eligibility and benefits are calculated on a household basis. Eligibility is determined through a traditional or a categorical eligibility path. Under traditional eligibility, applicant households must meet gross income, net income, and asset tests. Specifically, household gross monthly income (all income as defined by SNAP law) must be at or below 130% of the federal poverty level, and household net (SNAP-specified deductions are subtracted) monthly income must be at 100% of the federal poverty level. The traditional asset rules are set at $2,000 per household (inflation adjusted). (Households that contain an elderly or disabled member have a higher asset limit and also do not have to meet the gross income test.) Under categorical eligibility, SNAP eligibility is automatically conveyed based upon the applicant's participation in other means-tested programs, namely Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or General Assistance (GA). Because TANF is a broad-purpose block grant, the state option to extend SNAP eligibility to applicants that receive a TANF-funded benefit allows states to offer program eligibility under rules that vary from those discussed in this paragraph, including an elimination of the asset test. If eligible for SNAP, an applicant household also undergoes a calculation of its monthly benefit amount (or allotment). This calculation utilizes the household's net income as well as the maximum allotment, a figure that equals the current value of the “Thrifty Food Plan” (TFP). The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act temporarily increased this value; this increase ended after October 31, 2013. Benefits are issued on an EBT card, which operates with a declining balance like a debit card. Benefits are not cash, may not be accessed at an automatic teller machine, and are redeemable only for foods. Benefits may be redeemed for foods at licensed retailers, which may include a wide variety of retailers so long as retailers meet licensing requirements. This report focuses on SNAP eligibility and the form and function of benefits. For an overview of SNAP along with the other USDA-FNS programs, such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), and National School Lunch Program (NSLP), see CRS Report R42353, Domestic Food Assistance: Summary of Programs. For issues related to SNAP and the new farm bill, see CRS Report R43332, SNAP and Related Nutrition Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79)
Download or read book Review the Federal Food Stamp Program and Its Impact on Children s Health written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Nutrition and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nutrition Title Of The New Federal Farm Bill Hearing S Hrg 107 732 Committee On Agriculture Nutrition Forestry United States Senate 107th Congress 1st Session written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many Americans who live at or below the poverty threshold, access to healthy foods at a reasonable price is a challenge that often places a strain on already limited resources and may compel them to make food choices that are contrary to current nutritional guidance. To help alleviate this problem, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers a number of nutrition assistance programs designed to improve access to healthy foods for low-income individuals and households. The largest of these programs is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, which today serves more than 46 million Americans with a program cost in excess of $75 billion annually. The goals of SNAP include raising the level of nutrition among low-income households and maintaining adequate levels of nutrition by increasing the food purchasing power of low-income families. In response to questions about whether there are different ways to define the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a study to examine the feasibility of defining the adequacy of SNAP allotments, specifically: the feasibility of establishing an objective, evidence-based, science-driven definition of the adequacy of SNAP allotments consistent with the program goals of improving food security and access to a healthy diet, as well as other relevant dimensions of adequacy; and data and analyses needed to support an evidence-based assessment of the adequacy of SNAP allotments. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy reviews the current evidence, including the peer-reviewed published literature and peer-reviewed government reports. Although not given equal weight with peer-reviewed publications, some non-peer-reviewed publications from nongovernmental organizations and stakeholder groups also were considered because they provided additional insight into the behavioral aspects of participation in nutrition assistance programs. In addition to its evidence review, the committee held a data gathering workshop that tapped a range of expertise relevant to its task.
Download or read book Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review the Operations of the Food Stamp Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proposed reauthorization of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of U S Farm Policy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 1650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Domestic Food Assistance Legislative Issues in the 110th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nutrition title of the omnibus 2007 "farm bill" will be the focus of legislative proposals affecting domestic food assistance programs in the 1st Session of the 110th Congress. The program areas that are expected to be addressed (because various authorities, like authorizations for appropriations expire at the end of FY2007) include: the regular Food Stamp program, programs operating in lieu of food stamps in Puerto Rico and American Samoa and on Indian reservations, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), Community Food Projects, the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), and projects and initiatives to make fresh fruit and vegetables available in schools. Other nutrition assistance -- child nutrition programs (like the School Lunch program), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (the WIC program), the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition program -- are on a different reauthorization/review schedule and probably will not be a significant part of the nutrition assistance debate in the 1st Session. The most significant issues raised are likely to be those surrounding the Food Stamp program and fresh fruit and vegetable projects. Proposals to changes rules governing food stamp eligibility and benefit levels, what items may be purchased with food stamp benefits, and how the Food Stamp program is administered by states are probable, as are calls for program revisions and grant initiatives aimed at easing access to food stamp benefits. Given the popularity of and support shown for the existing, limited projects to increase the presence of fresh fruit and vegetables in schools (and efforts to increase federal support for "specialty crops" as part of the overall farm bill), recommendations for expansion and possible restructuring of these initiatives are very likely. However, action on most of the food assistance proposals/issues taken up as part of the farm bill will depend heavily on budgetary considerations -- specifically, whether any new funding is available and whether spending cuts will be needed.
Download or read book Hearing to Examine the Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Relation to Other Federal Assistance Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review and Reauthorization of Certain Child Nutrition Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Subcommittee on Nutrition and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of U S Farm Policy Serial No 112 30 Part 1 March 9 2012 March 23 2012 March 30 2012 April 20 2012 112 2 Hearings written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
