IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/uerscc/291981.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Evaluation of the USDA Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Volume I, Evaluation Findings

Author

Listed:
  • Cody, Scott
  • Ohls, James

Abstract

Reducing the burden of applying for food stamps or enhancing benefits appears to increase participation of the elderly in the Food Stamp Program (FSP). Historically, low-income seniors ages 60 and older who qualify for FSP benefits participate at low rates because they feel it is not worth the effort to apply. To identify effective strategies for raising participation among this population, USDA designed three models, each using different techniques to reduce the barriers that seniors face in FSP participation. The techniques involve reducing the time and effort of applying for benefits, aiding seniors in navigating the application process, and giving seniors the option of receiving commodity packages instead of getting benefits through electronic benefits transfer cards. The models were tested as county demonstrations in six States between 2002 and 2004. This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the demonstrations. Successful demonstrations increased the number of participating seniors by 20-35 percent after 21 months of operation.

Suggested Citation

  • Cody, Scott & Ohls, James, 2005. "Evaluation of the USDA Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Volume I, Evaluation Findings," Contractor and Cooperator Reports 291981, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerscc:291981
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.291981
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/291981/files/ccr-9-1.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.291981?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Karen Cunnyngham, 2010. "State Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility and Participation Among Elderly Individuals," Mathematica Policy Research Reports e7d1f48339374239a6cbcedcc, Mathematica Policy Research.
    2. Burstein, Nancy R. & Patrabansh, Satyendra & Hamilton, William L. & Siegel, Sarah Y., 2009. "Understanding the Determinants of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation," USDA Miscellaneous 339044, United States Department of Agriculture.
    3. Ranney, Christine K. & Gomez, Miguel I., 2010. "Food Stamps, Food Insufficiency and Health of the Elderly," Working Papers 126968, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    4. repec:mpr:mprres:8113 is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Jacqueline Kauff & Lisa Dragoset & Elizabeth Clary & Elizabeth Laird & Libby Makowsky & Emily Sama-Miller, "undated". "Reaching the Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP: Evaluation Findings from the Fiscal Year 2009 Pilots," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 2e4b50e5a70140ab9507b1296, Mathematica Policy Research.
    6. repec:mpr:mprres:6795 is not listed on IDEAS

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:uerscc:291981. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/ersgvus.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.