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Baton Rouge, LA - On September 4, 2013 Economic Research
Report No. (ERR-155) revealed that an estimated
14.5 percent of American households were food insecure at least some time
during the year in 2012, meaning they lacked access to enough food for an
active, healthy life for all household members. Within the same month, another
ERS publication reveals that households with children have higher rates of participation
in the SNAP program. The ERR-156 report was released September 19, 2013.
Estimates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation
rates—the proportion of eligible individuals who receive SNAP benefits—are
regularly published at the State and national level. Estimates of SNAP
participation by the elderly, children, or other subpopulations within
individual States, however, have not previously been available due to data
limitations. ERS researchers overcame these limitations by linking SNAP
administrative records to individual records in the Census Bureau’s American
Community Survey, using Texas as a pilot study. Researchers found significant
geographic and demographic differences in SNAP participation within the State.
Nationally, participation rates are higher for households with children than
for childless households, a pattern also evident in Texas. Overall, Texas
households with children were about twice as likely to participate in SNAP as households
without children in 2009. The presence of children in a household was
associated with significantly higher participation across all household
types—households headed by couples, single females, single males, and
households composed of multiple unmarried adults. The full report is available at the
ERS
website.
To reduce food insecurity in underserved communities, the
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center’s Nutrition and
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAPEd) team is
implementing gardens and nutrition education across the state. The SNAP program
at SU Ag Center is led by De’Shoin York-Friendship. For further details, contact Friendship at
225-771-2582 or via email
deshoin_york@suagcenter.com.
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Contact:
Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
bridget_udoh@suagcenter.com
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