The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report
Toossi, Saied; Jones, Jordan W.
2023

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers 15 domestic food and nutrition assistance programs that affect the lives of millions of people and account for roughly two-thirds of USDA’s annual budget. In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, USDA launched additional temporary programs and implemented numerous policy changes that expanded the scope and coverage of existing programs. Together, these programs contributed to $183.0 billion in spending on food and nutrition assistance programs in fiscal year (FY) 2022 (October 1, 2021–September 30, 2022). This report uses preliminary data from USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to examine program trends and policy changes in USDA’s largest domestic food and nutrition assistance programs through FY 2022. It also summarizes a recent USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) report examining the prevalence of household food insecurity in the United States in 2021 and another USDA, ERS report examining changes in food choices in the USDA Foods in Schools program.

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Title
The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report
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Author(s)
Toossi, Saied
Jones, Jordan W.
Subject(s)
Issue Date
2023-06
Publication Type
Report
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.337564
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/337564
Language
English
Total Pages
34
Note
Tables and Figures included: Table 1 -- USDA food and nutrition assistance at a glance, FY 2021 and FY 2022. Figure 2 -- Inflation-adjusted USDA spending on food and nutrition assistance, FY 1970–2022. Figure 3 -- SNAP average monthly participation and inflation-adjusted annual program spending, FY 2000–22. Figure 4 -- Average monthly WIC participation by group, FY 1974–2022. Figure 6 -- Total meals served and total inflation-adjusted spending across NSLP, SBP, CACFP, and SFSP, FY 2001–22. Table 2 -- U.S. food security at a glance, 2019–21. Figure 9 -- Number of SNAP participants, unemployed, and people in poverty, 1980–2022. Table 3 -- Selected economic and demographic indicators, 2019–22. Figure 10 -- Percent of USDA Foods entitlement funds per food class, fiscal years 2006–17.
Series Statement
Economic Information Bulletin No. 255
Record Appears in
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > Economic Research Service > Economic Information Bulletin

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