@article{Nord:262242,
      recid = {262242},
      author = {Nord, Mark  and Prell, Mark },
      title = {Food Security Improved Following the 2009 ARRA Increase in  SNAP Benefits},
      address = {2011-04-01},
      number = {1477-2017-4008},
      series = {Economic Research Report Number 116},
      pages = {52},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009  increased benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition  Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp  Program) and expanded SNAP eligibility for jobless adults  without children. One goal of the program changes was to  improve the food security of low-income households. We find  that food expenditures by low-income households increased  by about 5.4 percent and their food insecurity declined by  2.2 percentage points from 2008 to 2009. Food security did  not improve for households with incomes somewhat above the  SNAP eligibility range. These findings, based on data from  the nationally representative Current Population Survey  Food Security Supplement, suggest that the ARRA SNAP  enhancements contributed substantially to improvements for  low-income households.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262242},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.262242},
}