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Title: Effect of the Reevaluated Thrifty Food Plan and Emergency Allotments on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits and Poverty
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Publication Year: 2022
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Abstract: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nutritional cornerstone of the nation’s safety net, providing monthly benefits to help millions of Americans to purchase food. In this brief, we examine the individual and combined effects of two policies affecting SNAP benefits in the fourth quarter of 2021: (1) a reevaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP)that increased the maximum SNAP benefit 21 percent, and (2) “emergency allotments,” a temporary measure enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that provides SNAP participants in participating states with the maximum SNAP benefit for their family size. We estimate the effects of these policies on SNAP benefits and quarterly poverty using the Urban Institute’s Analysis of Transfers, Taxes, and Income Security (ATTIS) microsimulation model.
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Authors: Wheaton, Laura; Kwon, Danielle
Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health, Population Health and Health Systems, Poverty and Welfare
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