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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs:
RIDGE Projects and Summaries
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The RIDGE Program summarizes research findings of projects that were awarded 1-year grants through its partner institutions. All projects were conducted under research grants from ERS, and the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ERS or USDA. For more information about publications or other project outputs for a specific RIDGE study, contact the investigator or research center that awarded the grant. More...

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1. Project: A Cautionary Tale: Using Propensity Scores To Estimate the Effect of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Gibson-Davis, Christina M., and E. Michael Foster
 Institution:Duke University
 • View Project Summary

2. Project: A Comparison of Demographic Variables, Food/Nutrient Intakes, Level of Food Sufficiency, and Food/Nutrient Changes with Intervention Among Food Stamp Recipients and Nonrecipients in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Cason, Katherine L., Janie Burney, Wayne Moore, Richard Poling, Sandra Shivers, Ruby Cox, Kathleen Poole, and Judy Midkiff
 Institution:Pennsylvania State University Department of Food Science
 • View Project Summary

3. Project: A Comparison of Food Insecurity Levels and Weight Status Among Rural- and Urban-Residing Latino/Hispanics in North Carolina
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Haldeman, Lauren
 Institution:University of North Carolina
 • View Project Summary

4. Project: A County-Level Analysis of Food Stamp Caseload Changes in Tennessee
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Tegegne, Fisseha, Safdar Muhammad, Enenfiok Ekanem, and Surendra Singh
 Institution:Tennessee State University
 • View Project Summary

5. Project: A Longitudinal Study of Food Insecurity on Overweight in Preschool Children
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Metallinos-Katsaras, Elizabeth, Jan Kallio, Aviva Must, Parke Wilde, and Kathleen Gorman
 Institution:Simmons College
 • View Project Summary

6. Project: A National-Level Study of Food Stamp Program Participation Among American Indians: 1988-2004
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Gundersen, Craig, Dean Jolliffe, and Laura Tiehen
 Institution:Iowa State University
 • View Project Summary

7. Project: A New Approach To Forecasting the Food Stamp Caseload
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Grogger, Jeffrey
 Institution:Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 • View Project Summary

8. Project: A Study of Older Adults on the Waiting List for Home-Delivered Meals in North Carolina
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Salmon, Mary Anne P., and Jessalyn Gooden
 Institution:The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 • View Project Summary

9. Project: Access to Food Assistance Programs Among Northern Cheyenne Families
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Davis, Judith, Rita Hiwalker, Carol Ward, and Eric Dahlin
 Institution:Dull Knife Memorial College
 • View Project Summary

10. Project: Accounting for Children's Food Insecurity in Immigrant Households
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Kalil, Ariel
 Institution:University of Chicago
 • View Project Summary

11. Project: Adapting EFNEP to Meet the Changing Needs of Food-Assistance Eligible Families: Investigating the Results of Program Responses to Welfare Reform
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Dickin, Katherine, and Jamie Dollahite
 Institution:Cornell University
 • View Project Summary

12. Project: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of the Rise in the Prevalence of the U.S. Population Overweight and/or Obese (PO&O)
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Daponte, Beth Osborne, and Andrew Cook
 Institution:Yale University
 • View Project Summary

13. Project: An Ethnographic Study of the Factors Affecting the Nutritional Patterns of Navajo Women and Their Children in the WIC Program
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:McCloskey, Joanne, and Melvatha Chee
 Institution:University of New Mexico
 • View Project Summary

14. Project: Are Economic Incentives Useful for Improving Dietary Quality Among WIC Participants and Their Families?
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Herman, Dena, Gail Harrison, Abdelmonem Afifi, and Eloise Jenks
 Institution:University of California, Los Angeles
 • View Project Summary

15. Project: Assessing Food Insecurity in Kentucky
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Kurzynske, Janet S., and Suzanne A. McGough
 Institution:University of Kentucky
 • View Project Summary

16. Project: Assessing Food Security and Dietary Intake in the Post Welfare Reform Era in Two Southern States
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Monroe, Pamela A., Carol O’Neil, Vicky R. Tiller, Jennifer Smith, Janet G.H. Marsh, and Stacey Willocks
 Institution:Louisiana State University
 • View Project Summary

17. Project: Assessing Nutritional Habits of Ojibwa Children
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Parrish, Debra
 Institution:Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
 • View Project Summary

18. Project: Assessing the Association Among Food Insecurity, Child Feeding Practices, and Obesity in Low-Income Latino Families
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Crawford, Patricia
 Institution:University of California, Berkeley
 • View Project Summary

19. Project: Assessing the Benefits and Problems Associated with the Use of Electronic Benefits Transfer for Food Stamps in Macon County, Alabama
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Zekeri, Andrew A.
 Institution:Tuskegee University
 • View Project Summary

20. Project: Assessing the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity Among Limited-Resource Latino and Non-Latino Families in Virginia
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Serrano, Elena L., and Ruby H. Cox
 Institution:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
 • View Project Summary

21. Project: Assessing the Relationship Between Food Insecurity Events and Food Assistance Programs in Two Different Public Housing Communities
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Bezuneh, Mesfin, and Zelealem Yiheyis
 Institution:Clark Atlanta University
 • View Project Summary

22. Project: Assessment of Food Concerns, Nutrition Knowledge, and Food Security of Oglala Lakota College Students on the Pine Ridge Reservation
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Henry, Leslie Rae, Rhonda Bear-Little Boy, and Brian Dodge
 Institution:Oglala Lakota College
 • View Project Summary

23. Project: Association Between Prenatal WIC Exposure and Maternal Behavior, Health, and Birth Outcomes: Evidence From the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Joyce, Ted, and Cristina Yunzal
 Institution:Baruch College
 • View Project Summary

24. Project: Associations Among Food Insecurity, Food Assistance Programs, and Child Development
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, and Rachel Dunifon
 Institution:Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah
 • View Project Summary

25. Project: Can Religious Congregations Satisfy Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Justice? An Assessment of Faith-based Food Assistance Programs in Rural Mississippi
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Bartkowski, John P., and Helen A. Regis
 Institution:Mississippi State University
 • View Project Summary

26. Project: Changes in Food Security After Welfare Reform: Can We Identify a Policy Effect?
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Jencks, Christopher, and Scott Winship
 Institution:John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
 • View Project Summary

27. Project: Children and Nutrition: The Growing Health Epidemic of Diabetes in Indian Country
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Johnson, Ben, and Jennifer Perez
 Institution:Fort Peck Community College
 • View Project Summary

28. Project: Community Attitudes Toward Traditional Tohono O’odham Foods
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Lopez, Daniel, Tristan Reader, and Paul Buseck
 Institution:Tohono O’odham Community College
 • View Project Summary

29. Project: Community Attitudes Toward Traditional Tohono O'odham Foods
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Lopez, Daniel, Tristan Reader, and Mary Paganelli
 Institution:Tohono O'odham Community College
 • View Project Summary

30. Project: Community Capacity and Food Insecurity in the Era of Welfare Reform
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, and Deborah Harris
 Institution:Mississippi State University
 • View Project Summary

31. Project: Consumption Reponses to In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Introduction of the Food Stamp Program
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Schanzenbach, Diane W., and Hilary W. Hoynes
 Institution:University of Chicago
 • View Project Summary

32. Project: Contextual Determinants of Food Security in Southern Hispanic and African-American Neighborhoods
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Bentley, Margaret E., Sonya Jones, and Janice Dodds
 Institution:The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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33. Project: Development of a Diet Quality Index for Preschool Children and Its Application in Examining Dietary Trends in the United States
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Kranz, Sibylle, and Anna Maria Siega-Riz
 Institution:Pennsylvania State University
 • View Project Summary

34. Project: Dietary Choices and Weight Control Practices Among Cheyenne River Lakota Households
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Phillips, John, and John Finn
 Institution:Si Tanka College
 • View Project Summary

35. Project: Dietary Intake and Food Security Among Migrant Farm Workers in Pennsylvania
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Cason, Katherine L., Sergio Nieto Montenegro, America Chavez Martinez, Nan Lv, and Anastasia Snyder
 Institution:Clemson University
 • View Project Summary

36. Project: Do Poverty, Food Stamps, Food Label Use, and Nutrition Knowledge Affect Dietary Quality among Adults? Results from the 1994-96 CSFII/DHKS
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Pérez-Escamilla, Rafael, and Lauren Haldeman
 Institution:University of Connecticut
 • View Project Summary

37. Project: Does Household Food Insecurity Affect Cognitive and Social Development of Kindergartners?
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Harrison, Gail G., and Ame Stormer
 Institution:University of California
 • View Project Summary

38. Project: Does Participation in Multiple Welfare Programs Improve Birth Outcomes?
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Brien, Michael J., and Christopher A. Swann
 Institution:University of Virginia
 • View Project Summary

39. Project: Does the Minimum Wage Affect Welfare Caseloads?
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Page, Marianne E.
 Institution:University of California at Davis
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40. Project: Does WIC Reduce Prenatal Substance Use?
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Waehrer, Geetha
 Institution:Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
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41. Project: Dynamics of Material Hardship in the Women’s Employment Study
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Heflin, Colleen
 Institution:University of Kentucky
 • View Project Summary

42. Project: Economic Downturns and Welfare Reform: An Exploratory County-Level Analysis
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Goetz, Stephan J., Fisseha Tegegne, Julie N. Zimmerman, David L. Debertin, Surendra P. Singh, Safdar Muhammed, and Enefiok Ekanem
 Institution:Pennsylvania State University
 • View Project Summary

43. Project: Educational Intervention To Modify Bottle-Feeding Behaviors Among Formula-Feeding Mothers in the WIC Program: Impact on Infant Formula Intake,Weight Gain, and Fatness
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Dewey, Kathryn G., M. Jane Heinig, and Katie Kavanagh-Prochaska
 Institution:University of California, Davis
 • View Project Summary

44. Project: Effects of Mother’s Employment in Early Childhood on the Risk of Overweight in Adolescence: Regional Comparisons
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Nonoyama, Atsuko, Shannon Stokes, Ross Santell, Pippa Simpson, and Jeffrey Gossett
 Institution:ETR Associates
 • View Project Summary

45. Project: Effects of Participation in the WIC Food Assistance Program on Children’s Health and Development: Evidence from NLSY Children
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, and Greg J. Dunca
 Institution:University of Utah
 • View Project Summary

46. Project: Effects of Weight History, Resource Cycling, and Fast Food on Overall Diet Quality and Health in Low-Income Louisiana Women
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:O’Neil, Carol E., and Pamela A. Monroe, and Vicky Tiller
 Institution:Louisiana State University
 • View Project Summary

47. Project: Estimating Relationships Between Food Insecurity and Child Health Outcomes
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Gundersen, Craig, and Brent Kreider
 Institution:Iowa State University
 • View Project Summary

48. Project: Estimating the Probabilities and Patterns of Food Stamp Use Across the Life Course
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Rank, Mark R., and Thomas A. Hirschl
 Institution:Washington University
 • View Project Summary

49. Project: Examining Relationships Among Obesity, Food Insecurity, Stress, and Emotional Eating in Low-Income Caregivers of Head Start Children
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Lofton, Kristi, and Carol Connell
 Institution:University of Southern Mississippi
 • View Project Summary

50. Project: Exploring Health Literacy as a Factor Contributing to Adoption of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Among Adults in the Mississippi Delta
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Zoellner, Jamie, Wendy Bounds, and Carol Connell
 Institution:University of Southern Mississippi
 • View Project Summary

51. Project: Exploring the Influence of the National School Lunch Program On Children Using The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Dunifon, Rachel, and Lori Kowaleski-Jones
 Institution:Cornell University
 • View Project Summary

52. Project: Factors Associated With Oklahoma Older Americans Act Nutrition Program Participants’ Ability To Shop, Cook, and Feed Themselves
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Hermann, Janice R., and Kimberly K. Quigley
 Institution:Oklahoma State University
 • View Project Summary

53. Project: Father Involvement, Food Program Participation, and Food Security Among Children With Nonresident Fathers
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Garasky, Steven, and Susan D. Stewart
 Institution:Iowa State University
 • View Project Summary

54. Project: Federal Food Programs, Traditional Foods and the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Nations of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Grant, Rachel C., Misty Arcand, Caroline Plumage, and Max G. White, Jr.
 Institution:Fort Belknap College
 • View Project Summary

55. Project: Feeding Practices of Childcare Staff in CACFP-Funded Centers
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Sigman-Grant, Madeleine, Elizabeth Christainsen, and George Fernandez
 Institution:University of Nevada
 • View Project Summary

56. Project: Food Assistance in East Alabama: Issues of Access and Need
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Molnar, Joseph J., Patricia A. Duffy, L. Conner Bailey, LaToya Claxton, and Ginger Grayson Hallmark
 Institution:Auburn University
 • View Project Summary

57. Project: Food Environment Quality and Food Choice in Clusters of Colonias in Hidalgo County of the Texas Rio Grande
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Sharkey, Joseph R., Scott Horel, Monica Wendel, and Li Zhu
 Institution:Texas A&M Health Science Center
 • View Project Summary

58. Project: Food Insecurity and Welfare Reform
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Siefert, Kristine, Mary E. Corcoran, and Colleen M. Heflin
 Institution:Poverty Research and Training Center The University of Michigan School of Social Work
 • View Project Summary

59. Project: Food Insecurity in Poor, Female-Headed Families in Five of Alabama’s Black Belt Counties
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Zekeri, Andrew A.
 Institution:Tuskegee University
 • View Project Summary

60. Project: Food Insecurity is Not Associated With Lower Energy Intakes
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Zizza, Claire, Patricia Duffy, and Shirley Gerrior
 Institution:Auburn University
 • View Project Summary

61. Project: Food Insecurity or Poverty? Measuring Need-Related Dietary Adequacy
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Currie, Janet, Jayanta Bhattacharya, and Steven Haider
 Institution:Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
 • View Project Summary

62. Project: Food Security and Feeding Strategies
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Laraia, Barbara A., Margaret Bentley, and Judith Borja
 Institution:University of California, San Francisco
 • View Project Summary

63. Project: Food Security Stability and Change Among Low-Income Urban Women
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:London, Andrew S., and Ellen K. Scott
 Institution:Syracuse University
 • View Project Summary

64. Project: Food Security Status of Nonprofit Food Assistance Recipients in Selected Southern States
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Onianwa, Odili, Godfrey Ejimakor, Fisseha Tegegne, and Andrew Zekeri
 Institution:Alabama A&M University
 • View Project Summary

65. Project: Food Stamp and WIC Take-Up and the Relationship between Take-Up and TANF Recidivism Among Illinois TANF Leavers: Understanding the Food Stamp Program Participation Decisions of the Working Poor
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Ready, Mairead, Sandra Lyons, Meejung Chin, Duck-Hye Yang, and Robert M. Goerge
 Institution:Chapin Hall Center for Children, the University of Chicago
 • View Project Summary

66. Project: Food Stamp Dynamics Across Rural and Urban Landscapes in the Era of Welfare Reform
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, Steven Michael Grice, Michael Taquino, and Deborah Harris
 Institution:Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University
 • View Project Summary

67. Project: Food Stamp Program and Consumption Choices
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Kaushal, Neeraj, and Qin Gao
 Institution:Columbia University
 • View Project Summary

68. Project: Food Stamp Program Exits During the Implementation of Welfare Reform Measures
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Mills, Bradford, Everett Peterson, Jeffrey Alwang, and Sundar Dorai-Raj
 Institution:Virginia Tech
 • View Project Summary

69. Project: Food Stamp Program Participation and Obesity: Estimates From the NLSY79
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Gibson, Diane
 Institution:Baruch College
 • View Project Summary

70. Project: Food Stamp Program Participation Dynamics in U.S. Counties and States
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Goetz, Stephan J., Anil Rupasingha, and Julie N. Zimmerman
 Institution:Pennsylvania State University
 • View Project Summary

71. Project: Food Stamp Program Participation of Refugees and Immigrants: Measurement Error Correction for Immigrant Status
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Bollinger, Chris, and Paul Hagstrom
 Institution:University of Kentucky
 • View Project Summary

72. Project: Food Stamp Receipt by Families With Noncitizen Household Heads in Rural Texas Counties
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:White, Steve, Xiuhong You, Steve H. Murdock, and Tami Swenson
 Institution:Texas A&M University
 • View Project Summary

73. Project: Food Stamp Utilization Patterns in Nonmetropolitan Counties in Texas: A Multilevel Analysis of the Micro- and Macro-level Determinants of Caseload Dynamics
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Swenson, Tami, Steve White, and Steve H. Murdock
 Institution:Texas A&M University
 • View Project Summary

74. Project: Food Stamps and Food Insecurity Among Families With Children: What Can be Learned in the Presence of Nonclassical Measurement Error?
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Gundersen, Craig, and Brent Kreider
 Institution:Iowa State University
 • View Project Summary

75. Project: Food Stamps and Obesity Among Immigrants
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Kaushal, Neeraj
 Institution:Columbia University
 • View Project Summary

76. Project: Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, and the Safety Net
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Schroeder, Daniel
 Institution:University of Texas at Austin
 • View Project Summary

77. Project: Food, Health, and Nutrient Supplements: Beliefs Among Food Stamp-Eligible Women and Implications for Food Stamps Policy
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Pelletier, David, Vivica Kraak, and Jamie Dollahite
 Institution:Cornell University
 • View Project Summary

78. Project: From Welfare Reliance to Wage Work: A Report on Food Security Among Louisiana’s Rural Welfare Population
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Monroe, Pamela A., Vicky R. Tiller, and Lydia B. Blalock
 Institution:Louisiana State University
 • View Project Summary

79. Project: Geographic Variation in Food Stamp and Other Assistance Program Participation Rates: Identifying Poverty Pockets in the South
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Hoyt, William H., and Frank A. Scott, Jr.
 Institution:University of Kentucky
 • View Project Summary

80. Project: Growing Up Poor and Weight Problems
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Liu, Haiyong
 Institution:East Carolina University
 • View Project Summary

81. Project: Health Effects of the 1960s Food Stamp Program
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Almond, Douglas, and Kenneth Chay
 Institution:Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research
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82. Project: Heat or Eat? Cold Weather Shocks and Nutrition in Poor American Families
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Bhattacharya, Jayanta, Thomas DeLeire, Steven Haider, and Janet Currie
 Institution:Stanford University Medical School
 • View Project Summary

83. Project: Household Food Insecurity, Food Assistance Program Participation, and the Use of Preventive Medical Care
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Harrison, Gail G.
 Institution:University of California, Los Angeles
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84. Project: Household Food Security, Dietary Intake, and Obesity Among a Sample of Recently Arrived Liberian Refugees Receiving Food Assistance
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Hadley, Craig
 Institution:University of Michigan
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85. Project: Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Child Obesity
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Townsend, Marilyn, and Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez
 Institution:University of California, Davis
 • View Project Summary

86. Project: Immigration and the Food Stamp Program
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Borjas, George J.
 Institution:Harvard University
 • View Project Summary

87. Project: Impact of Food Insecurity and Food Assistance Program Participation on Nutritional Risk Among the Elderly
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Frongillo, Edward A., and Jung Sun Lee
 Institution:Cornell University
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88. Project: Impact of Home-Delivered Meals on the Nutritional Status and Food Security of the Elderly in New York State
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Frongillo, Edward A., and Wendy S. Wolfe
 Institution:Cornell University
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89. Project: Impact of Local Food Prices on the Relationship Between Food Stamp Program Participation and Bodyweight Status of Adults in the South
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Zhang, Qi, and Zhuo (Adam) Chen
 Institution:Old Dominion University
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90. Project: Impact of Participating in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program on Food Insecurity
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Greer, Betty, and Richard Poling
 Institution:Agricultural Extension Service, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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91. Project: Implications of an Economic Evaluation of Projected Health Outcomes in a Community Nutrition Program for Limited-Resource Audiences
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Kenkel, Donald, Jamie Dollahite, Michelle Scott-Pierce, and C. Scott Thompson
 Institution:Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
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92. Project: Improving Community Nutrition Through Traditional Tohono
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Reader, Tristan, Katrina Jagodinsky, and Paul Buseck
 Institution:Tohono O’odham Community Action
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93. Project: Income Volatility and Food Insufficiency in U.S. Low-Income Households, 1992-2003
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Bania, Neil, and Laura Leete
 Institution:University of Oregon
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94. Project: Independent Validation of the Core Food Security Module with Asians and Pacific Islanders
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Derrickson, Joda, Jennifer Anderson, and Anne Fisher
 Institution:Colorado State University
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95. Project: Ineligible Parents, Eligible Children: Food Stamps Receipt, Allotments, and Food Insecurity Among Children of Immigrants
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
 Investigators:Van Hook, Jennifer, and Kelly Stamper Balistreri
 Institution:Bowling Green University
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96. Project: Influence of Food Stamps on the Nutritional Status of Inner-City Preschoolers from Hartford, CT,Who Receive WIC Benefits
 Year:1999
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Pérez-Escamilla, Rafael, Ann M. Ferris, Linda Drake, Lauren Haldeman, Jessica Peranick, Marcia Campbell, Donna Moran, Yu-Kuei Peng, Georgine Burke, and Bruce A. Bernstein
 Institution:University of Connecticut
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97. Project: Intra-Household Allocation and Consumption of WIC-Approved Foods
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Jensen, Helen H., Ariun Ishdorj, and Justin Tobias
 Institution:Iowa State University
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98. Project: Is it Just Food? Geographic Differences in the Cost of Living
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:Zimmerman, Julie N., Sunny (Seonok) Ham, and Sarah Michelle Frank
 Institution:University of Kentucky
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99. Project: Is the Food Stamp Program an Adequate Safety Net for American Indian Reservations? The Northern Cheyenne Case
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Davis, Judith, Rita Hiwalker, Carol Ward, Erin Feinauer, and Cheryl Youngstrom
 Institution:Dull Knife Memorial College
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100. Project: Is There a Link Between Food Insecurity and Overweight Status in Children? Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey
 Year:2004
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Rose, Donald, and Nick Bodor
 Institution:Tulane University
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101. Project: Lessons Learned From the Spend Less, Eat Well, Feel Better Program Efficacy Trial
 Year:2001
 Research
Center:		 Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis
 Investigators:Derrickson, Joda P., G. Kaui Asing, Annette Okuma, and Chad Buchanan
 Institution:Full Plate, Inc.
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102. Project: Local-Level Predictors of Household Food Insecurity
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Bartfeld, Judi, and Lingling Wang
 Institution:University of Wisconsin, Madison
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103. Project: Making Ends Meet: An Examination of TANF and Former TANF Food Pantry Users in Virginia
 Year:2002
 Research
Center:		 Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University
 Investigators:Nichols-Casebolt, Ann
 Institution:Virginia Commonwealth University
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104. Project: Measuring Food Purchases, Community Needs, and Tribal Policy for Healthy Foods in Local Grocery Stores on or Near a Northern Plains Indian Reservation
 Year:2007
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Brown, Blakely, and Tracy Burns
 Institution:University of Montana
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105. Project: Measuring the Extent and Depth of Food Insecurity: An Application to American Indians in the United States
 Year:2005
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Gundersen, Craig
 Institution:Iowa State University
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106. Project: Medicaid at Birth, WIC Takeup, and Children's Outcomes
 Year:2003
 Research
Center:		 Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Investigators:Bitler, Marianne, and Janet Currie
 Institution:RAND Corporation
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107. Project: Meeting the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: A “Daunting Challenge” for Food Stamp Recipients in Southeast Louisiana
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
 Investigators:O’Neil, Carol E., and Jeffery Gillespie
 Institution:Louisiana State University
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108. Project: Mobile Market Participation and Impact: An Analysis of Pascua Yaqui Pueblo and the Old Nogales Highway Colonia
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Frisvold, George, Shailaja Deva, Jim Hazen, Anita Fonte, and Michelle Kuhns
 Institution:The University of Arizona
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109. Project: Monitoring the Nutritional Status of Navajo Preschoolers
 Year:2000
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:Pareo, Shirley L., and Mark C. Bauer
 Institution:University of New Mexico
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110. Project: Native Plants and Nutrition
 Year:2006
 Research
Center:		 American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
 Investigators:King, Mari, and Wilbert Fish
 Institution:Blackfeet Community College
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111. Project: Nutrient Intakes of Food-Insufficient and Food-Sufficient Adults in the Southern Region of the United States and the Impact of Federal Food Assistance Programs
 Year:2000
 Researc