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Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs: FANRP Project Descriptions

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FANRP’s Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program funds research to support USDA’s domestic food and nutrition assistance programs. ERS has compiled an electronic database of all projects funded through FANRP. For each project, information is provided on year(s) funded, amount of award, project status (i.e., completed or ongoing), topic area(s), data set(s) analyzed, and all peer-reviewed publications resulting from the research. For all ERS-published reports and articles a link to the full report is provided. The database is searchable by:

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    2008
  1. Access to Healthy Foods: The Role of Market Competition, WIC Policy, and Vendor Attitudes

  2. Children’s Food Security and Intakes from School Meals

  3. Developing a Conceptual Model of the Determinants of USDA School Meal Participation at the School Level

  4. Effects of Change From Universal-Free to Eligibility-Based School Breakfast Program

  5. Effects of Changes in WIC Food Packages on Redemptions

  6. Effects of Immigration on WIC and National School Lunch Program Caseloads

  7. Effects on Childhood Obesity of Participation in Multiple Nutrition Assistance Programs

  8. Household Routines and the Development of Obesity in U.S. Preschool Children

  9. Long-Term Effects of Food Stamp Receipt During Childhood on Adult Outcomes

  10. State Trends in Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation Among Elderly Individuals

  11. The Economics of Obesity in the NLSY79 Panel

  12. The Effect of WIC on Household Food Expenditures: Assessing Available Data

  13. 2007
  14. Altering Social and Convenience Costs To Improve Students Lunch Choices

  15. Assessing Alternative Policies for Improving the School Food Environment

  16. Assessing Effects of Food Stamps on Child Outcomes When Program Participation is Misreported

  17. Employment Status and Food Stamp Program Participation as Determinants of Eating Patterns of Low-Income Households

  18. Exploring Technical Enhancements to Improve Food Security Measurement

  19. Food Demand in Low-Income Households

  20. Food Expenditures by Food Stamp Recipients: Results Using the Consumer Expenditure Survey

  21. Food Sufficiency, the Role of Food Stamp Program Participation, Duration, and Policies

  22. Identifying Behavioral Economics Factors Affecting Food Consumption

  23. Impact of Food Stamps and WIC on Health and Longrun Economic Outcomes

  24. Incorporating Nutritional and Economic Factors Into Planning School Lunch

  25. Interactions Between the Food Stamp Program and the Economy

  26. Measuring Consumption Response to Prices in a Dynamic Model of Consumer Food Purchase Behavior

  27. The Economic Impact of School Meal Certification Approaches on the Uptake of Free- and Reduced-Price Meals

  28. The Effects of Subsidized School Meals on Children's Diet Quality

  29. The Role of Time Use in Promoting Healthy Energy Balance

  30. 2006
  31. Association Between Prenatal WIC Exposure and Maternal Behavior, Health, and Birth Outcomes

  32. Creating a WIC Infant Formula Rebate Data Set and Researching Infant Formula Manufacturers' Rebate Bidding Strategies

  33. Diet, Weight, and USDA School Meal Participation

  34. Effects of Changes to State and Federal Asset Eligibility Policies for the Food Stamp Program

  35. Exploring the Link Between Food Assistance Programs and Child Obesity

  36. Food Stamp Program Certification Costs and Errors, 1989-2005

  37. Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation: A Comparison of Census Surveys and Administrative Data

  38. Food Stamp, NSLP, and WIC Underreporting in Household Surveys: Comparing Aggregates and Assessing the Implications

  39. Low-Income Families Survival Strategies for Managing Shocks to Economic Well-Being

  40. Re-examination of the Dietary Reference Intakes for Food Energy, Zinc, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Fiber, and Potassium

  41. School Breakfast Program: Participation and Impacts

  42. School Meal Program Participation, Food Consumption Away from School and Home, and Obesity Among Students

  43. Study of the Impact of a Rental Subsidy on Food Security of Welfare-Eligible Families

  44. The Costs of Delivering Benefits Through the Food Stamp Program as Compared With Other Major Benefit Programs

  45. The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Still "An Acceptable Alternative" to Food Stamps?

  46. The Multiple Contexts of Food Insecurity: Evaluating the Impact on Child Energy Balance

  47. Understanding Determinants of Food Assistance Program Participation Decisions on Indian Reservations: A Framework for Program Assessment

  48. Understanding Food Choices and Dietary Decisions: A Behavioral Approach

  49. Where Is the Threshold? Estimation of the Money-Time Threshold for Food Stamp Participants

  50. 2005
  51. Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Participation and Administration

  52. Conference on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs-II

  53. Determinants of the Food Stamp Caseload

  54. Development of a Questionnaire on Dietary Behavior of Low-Income Populations

  55. Economic Determinants of School Meal Participation

  56. Effective Tax Rates and Guarantees and Food Stamp Program Participation

  57. Effects of Agricultural Research and Farm Subsidy Policies on Human Nutrition and Obesity

  58. Evaluation of State Food Policy Changes as Incentives To Foster Improved Middle School Lunch Selection and Consumption

  59. Food Insecurity and Outcomes for Infants and Toddlers in the ECLS-B

  60. Household Food Security and Tradeoffs in the Food Budget: A Revitalized Engel Approach Including Food Stamps

  61. Processes of Getting and Staying on Food Stamps in South Carolina

  62. Structural Change in the Food Stamp Program Caseload Equation

  63. WIC’s Effect on Prices of Infant Formula

  64. 2004
  65. A Feasibility Study of Nutrition Education Intervention in Food Stores Serving the Low Income

  66. An Examination of the Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity

  67. Design Considerations for Developing Effective Wording and Format Options for a Children’s Nutrition Behavior Questionnaire

  68. Development of a Cognitive Testing Protocol and Training Materials for Use in Developing a Common Core Set of Questions on Dietary Behavior

  69. Development of Prototype Notebook of Short Questions on Dietary Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior

  70. Exploration of Potential Uses of Behavioral Economics Concepts for Improving the Diets of Food Assistance Program Participants

  71. Food Security, Obesity and Mental Health in Mothers and Preschool Children

  72. Future Costs of Childhood Obesity: Estimates and Implications

  73. How are State Food Stamp and TANF Policy Choices Affecting Food Stamp Participation

  74. Income Volatility and Its Effect on Food Stamp Participation of the Working Poor

  75. Integrating Food Stamp Program Rules and Processes With Other Public Assistance Programs

  76. Research Considerations on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations

  77. Role of Food Stamps in the Post-Reform Safety Net: The Three-City Study

  78. Study of School Food Authority Characteristics, Costs, and Revenues: Data Collection and Analysis

  79. 2003
  80. Analysis of Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Data

  81. Employment, Home Meal Production, Food Spending, and Food Security in Food Stamp Households

  82. Food Prices and Availability and Children's Health and Developmental Outcomes

  83. Food Security Measurement Expert Review Panel Study

  84. Food Stamp Use by Legal Immigrants Before and After the 2003 Restorations

  85. Food Stamps, Food Insecurity and Expenditures: A Simultaneous-Equation System

  86. Food Sufficiency, Food Stamp Program Participation and the Health of the Elderly

  87. Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program Evaluation

  88. Household Based Food Purchase Data

  89. Methodology to Evaluate Effects of Team Nutrition Program in Schools

  90. Modifying Effects of Participation in Food Assistance Programs on the Obesity, Health, and Well-Being of Adults

  91. Modifying Effects of Participation in Food Assistance Programs on the Weight Status, Health, Development, and Well-Being of Children

  92. Pre-test for ERS Module for the American Time Use Survey

  93. Simulating Program Costs and Participation Under the Farm Bill and Alternative Food Assistance Policies

  94. Sources of Variation in State Food Stamp Participation Rates

  95. Study of Locality, Agency, and Individual Characteristics Affecting Food Stamp Program Participation in Virginia

  96. WIC and the Economics of Infant Formula Contracts, Rebates, and Wholesale Prices

  97. 2002
  98. An Assessment of the Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on WIC Program Coordination with Primary Care Services

  99. Analyzing the Welfare and Nutritional Effects of Food Taxes Intended to Promote Healthful Eating Habits

  100. Assessing the Feasibility of International Anthropometric References for School-aged Preadolescents

  101. Demand Projections Segmented by Income for the Highly Competitive Non-Alcoholic Beverage Complex

  102. Design Considerations for Developing Effective Wording and Format Options for a Children’s Nutrition Behavior Questionnaire

  103. Developing a Food Security Survey Module for Use with Children and Youths

  104. Development of Eating Patterns and Obesity in Black Girls

  105. Eating Patterns and Diet Quality In Young Adults

  106. Evaluation of Policy Change on Middle School Student Lunch Consumption

  107. Evaluation of Three Models Designed to Increase Participation of Eligible Elderly in the Food Stamp Program

  108. Explaining High Levels of Food Insecurity and Hunger in the Pacific Northwest

  109. Food Security, Behavior Problems and Health among Kindergarten and First-Grade Children

  110. Forces Impacting Social and Economic Well-Being in the Rural South

  111. Growth of Obesity and Health Economic Research

  112. Household Demand for Fruits and Vegetables: An Analysis of Homescan Data

  113. Impacts of Shifts in Food Demand on the Farm Sector

  114. Implementation of Options and Waivers to Increase Access to the Food Stamp Program

  115. Integrated Study of School Meal Costs and Outcomes: A Design, Cost, and Feasibility Plan

  116. Modeling WIC Eligibility and Participation of Infants and Children

  117. Post-Conference Workshop on Evaluation of Nutrition Education with Low-Income Families

  118. Promoting the Food Stamp Program and Work through Coordinated Economic Relief Centers (CERC’s)

  119. State Predictors of Household Food Security

  120. Supermarket Characteristics and Operating Costs in Low-Income Areas

  121. Trends in Food Stamp Program Certification Costs, 1989-2001

  122. Understanding the Errors in Children’s Dietary Recalls

  123. United States Trends in Associations of Eating Patterns with BMI throughout the Lifecycle

  124. Welfare Transitions and Food Sufficiency: Evidence from South Carolina

  125. WIC Innovative Practices Study

  126. 2001
  127. An Analysis of Poverty Dynamics and Food Security

  128. Assessing the Nutrient Intakes of High-Needs Subgroups Using the Dietary Reference Intakes

  129. Best Practices Roundtable on Addressing the Needs of Low-Income Working Families

  130. Conference on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance

  131. Development of Eating Patterns and Dietary Behaviors that Predict Child Obesity

  132. Diet Quality and Its Relationship to Obesity in Rural Alabama African American Children

  133. Dietary Patterns and Nutritional Adequacy: Does Variety Matter?

  134. Dietary Risk in the WIC Program: A Scientific Assessment

  135. Dynamics of Food Stamp Program Participation in Maryland

  136. Effect of EITC on Food Stamp Program Participation Among the Working Poor

  137. Effect of Provider Instability on Cross-Sectional Estimates of the Demand for Emergency Food

  138. Effects of WIC and Food Stamp Program Participation on Child Outcomes

  139. Employment Factors Influencing Food Stamp Program Participation Among the Working Poor

  140. Evaluating Changes in WIC Participant Food Purchasing as a Result of WIC Nutrition Education

  141. Evaluating the Impact of School Breakfast and Lunch

  142. Food Stamp Certification Periods and Payment Accuracy: State Experience During 1996-2000

  143. Food Stamp Program Elderly Demonstration

  144. Food Stamp Program Entry and Exit: Economic and Policy Influences on Participation Decisions

  145. Impact of Food Sufficiency on Food Choices of Low Income Children

  146. Infant Formula Prices and Availability

  147. Journal of Nutrition Education Special Issue for the Elderly

  148. Lifestyle Mediators of Diet Quality

  149. Maternal Employment and Children’s Nutrition Outcomes

  150. Measuring the Extent of Food Stamp Trafficking Using EBT Data

  151. Panel Cointegration Estimation of Food Stamp Program Caseloads

  152. Plate Waste in School Nutrition Programs

  153. Research Design Considerations for Integrating Cost Data with Customer Information in an Evaluation of School Meal Performance

  154. Summer Food Service Program Study

  155. The Associations Among Food Assistance Program Participation, Food Security, and Child and Maternal Health Disparities

  156. The Complementary Roles of Public and Private Assistance

  157. The Ecological Predictors and Development Outcomes of Persistent Childhood Obesity

  158. Understanding Program Participation Decisions of the Working Poor

  159. 2000
  160. An Evaluation of the USDA’s Healthy Eating Index

  161. Basic Needs, Tough Choices: The Impact of Housing Costs on Food Consumption

  162. CACFP Administrative Cost Reimbursement Study

  163. Community Food Security Assessment Tool Kit Field Test

  164. Conference on Interventions to Prevent Low Birth Weights

  165. Data Development Initiatives for Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs

  166. Demand System Analysis for Households Segmented by Family Structure and Income

  167. Diet Patterns, Nutrients and Development of Adolescent Obesity

  168. Direct Certification and its Impact on Errors in the National School Lunch Program

  169. Eating Patterns, Diet Quality, and Obesity

  170. Effects of Food Security on Pregnancy Outcomes

  171. Factors Associated with Iron Status Among WIC Infants in Rural West Virginia

  172. Feasibility and Accuracy of Record Linkage to Estimate Multiple Program Participation

  173. Food Demands and Nutrient Availability of Low-Income Households

  174. Food Insecurity in the Second Generation

  175. Implementation of the National School Lunch Program Application and Verifications Pilot Projects

  176. Labor Market Participation and Government Assistance Program Participation

  177. Longitudinal Analysis of the Earnings and Food Stamp Participation of the Working Poor

  178. Longitudinal Modeling of the Effects of Dietary Intakes on Body Composition and Risk Factors for Coronary Disease in the Women’s Health Trial: Feasibility Study in Minority Populations

  179. Parental Time, Role Strains, Coping, and Children’s Diet and Nutrition

  180. Parenting Practices and Obesity in Low-Income African-American Preschoolers

  181. Social Marketing Study to Increase Food Stamp Participation Among the Elderly

  182. Supporting Families After Welfare Reform: Access to Medicaid, the Food Stamp Program (FSP), and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

  183. Time Series Analysis of Food Stamp Program Caseloads

  184. WIC Eligibility Expert Review Panel Study

  185. 1999
  186. Analysis of Data from the 1998 and 1999 Food Security Supplements to the Current Population Survey

  187. Causes and Consequences of Food Insufficiency After Welfare Reform

  188. Committee on National Statistics

  189. Community Food Security Assessment Conference

  190. Community Food Security Toolkit

  191. Devolution and Urban Change

  192. Economic Benefits of a Breast-Feeding Promotion: A Controlled Clinical Trial

  193. Evaluating the Impact of School Breakfast on Learning: Design and Feasibility

  194. Factors Affecting Childhood Obesity Among Low-Income Households

  195. Food and Nutrition Summer Institute

  196. Food Security and Health Outcomes in the California Health Interview Survey

  197. Hunger: Its Risk and Impact in Poor Female-Headed Households with Children

  198. Identify and Evaluate Methods To Prevent Fraud and Abuse Among Staff and Participants in WIC

  199. Improving Access to Food Stamps for Low-Income Working Households

  200. Interpretation and Use of Dietary Reference Intakes

  201. Obesity in Low-Income Mothers and Children

  202. Program Access and Declining Food Stamp Program Participation

  203. Program Integrity and Improved Service to the Working Poor Under Alternative Reporting Plans

  204. Report to Congress on WIC Program Cost-Containment Practices and Their Impacts

  205. Restructuring Food Stamps To Help Working Families

  206. Summer Feeding Integrity Study: Design, Cost, and Feasibility Plan

  207. The Determinants of Overweight and Obesity Among Low-Income Children

  208. The Effects of Welfare Implementation on Food Stamp Caseloads

  209. Understanding Child Nutrition in the Year 2000: Dynamic Shifts and Their Determinants

  210. What Explains Recent Changes in Food Stamp Program Caseloads?

  211. 1998
  212. A Study of the Emergency Food Assistance System: Provider and Recipient Characteristics

  213. Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program

  214. Changes in the Characteristics of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) Population Under Welfare Reform

  215. Child Nutrition Analysis Project (CNAP)

  216. Development and Evaluation of the Nutritional Anthropometric Assessment Software in WIC Clinics (Epi Info 2000/Nutstat Module)

  217. Diet Intake and Health Outcomes

  218. Economic Research Service's Second Food Security Conference

  219. Evaluation of Food Stamp Program Nutrition Education

  220. Expanded Study of Welfare Reform on Immigrants

  221. Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study

  222. Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)

  223. Food Stamp Program Microsimulation and Related Analysis

  224. Improving the Measurement of Food Security and Hunger

  225. National Food Price and Sales Information System

  226. Nutrition and Health Outcomes of USDA Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs

  227. Report to Congress on State Use of Funds To Increase Work Slots for Food Stamp Recipients

  228. Report to Congress on Use of Food Stamps To Purchase Dietary Supplements

  229. Research on Breastfed Infants Growth

  230. Research To Assess Links Between Diet Quality and Health

  231. Simplified Food Stamp Program Technical Assistance

  232. Studies of Households Who Leave the Food Stamp Program

  233. Study of Re-Engineering the Welfare System

  234. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)-Leavers Use of Food Stamps

  235. The Changing Welfare System in Rural Areas

  236. The Consequences of Welfare Reform and Economic Change for the FSP and the Economy as a Whole

  237. The Evaluation of EBT Customer Service Waivers on Recipients

  238. The Extent of Trafficking in the Food Stamp Program After Welfare Reform

  239. The Impacts of Welfare Reform and the Macroeconomy on Food Stamp Caseloads and Expenditures

  240. Welfare and Food Assistance at the State Level: Methods and Iowa Estimates

  241. Welfare Reform Effects on Food Assistance Use and Family Well-Being

  242. WIC General Analysis Project (GAP)

  243. WIC Supplemental Food Package Analysis

  244. Survey support


  245. Current Population Survey (CPS) Food Security Supplements

  246. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort 2000

  247. Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey--Kindergarten Cohort

  248. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES IV)

  249. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

  250. Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII)

  251. RIDGE


  252. American Indian Studies Program, University of Arizona

  253. Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis

  254. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin

  255. Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and Northwestern University

  256. RIDGE Program Overview

  257. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University



This project database contains all ERS extramural projects funded through the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program and their peer reviewed publications through November 2008. The ERS Publications Page maintains a current catalog of all ERS publications and those related to Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs .

 

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Updated date: September 16, 2009