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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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  1. A Feasibility Study of Nutrition Education Intervention in Food Stores Serving the Low Income

  2. A Study of the Emergency Food Assistance System: Provider and Recipient Characteristics

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

  4. Altering Social and Convenience Costs To Improve Students Lunch Choices

  5. An Analysis of Poverty Dynamics and Food Security

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

  7. An Evaluation of the USDA’s Healthy Eating Index

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

  9. Analysis of Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Data

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

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

  12. Assessing Alternative Policies for Improving the School Food Environment

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

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

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

  16. Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program

  17. Association Between Prenatal WIC Exposure and Maternal Behavior, Health, and Birth Outcomes

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

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

  20. CACFP Administrative Cost Reimbursement Study

  21. Causes and Consequences of Food Insufficiency After Welfare Reform

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

  23. Child Nutrition Analysis Project (CNAP)

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

  25. Committee on National Statistics

  26. Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Participation and Administration

  27. Community Food Security Assessment Conference

  28. Community Food Security Assessment Tool Kit Field Test

  29. Community Food Security Toolkit

  30. Conference on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance

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

  32. Conference on Interventions to Prevent Low Birth Weights

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

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

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

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

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

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

  39. Determinants of the Food Stamp Caseload

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

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

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

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

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

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

  46. Development of Eating Patterns and Obesity in Black Girls

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

  48. Devolution and Urban Change

  49. Diet Intake and Health Outcomes

  50. Diet Patterns, Nutrients and Development of Adolescent Obesity

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

  52. Diet, Weight, and USDA School Meal Participation

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

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

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

  56. Dynamics of Food Stamp Program Participation in Maryland

  57. Eating Patterns and Diet Quality In Young Adults

  58. Eating Patterns, Diet Quality, and Obesity

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

  60. Economic Determinants of School Meal Participation

  61. Economic Research Service's Second Food Security Conference

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

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

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

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

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

  67. Effects of Changes in WIC Food Packages on Redemptions

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

  69. Effects of Food Security on Pregnancy Outcomes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  77. Evaluating the Impact of School Breakfast and Lunch

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

  79. Evaluation of Food Stamp Program Nutrition Education

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

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

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

  83. Expanded Study of Welfare Reform on Immigrants

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

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

  86. Exploring Technical Enhancements to Improve Food Security Measurement

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

  88. Factors Affecting Childhood Obesity Among Low-Income Households

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

  90. Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study

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

  92. Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)

  93. Food and Nutrition Summer Institute

  94. Food Demand in Low-Income Households

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

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

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

  98. Food Insecurity in the Second Generation

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

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

  101. Food Security Measurement Expert Review Panel Study

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

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

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

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

  106. Food Stamp Program Elderly Demonstration

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

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

  109. Food Stamp Program Microsimulation and Related Analysis

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

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

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

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

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

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

  116. Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program Evaluation

  117. Future Costs of Childhood Obesity: Estimates and Implications

  118. Growth of Obesity and Health Economic Research

  119. Household Based Food Purchase Data

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

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

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

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

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

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

  126. Identifying Behavioral Economics Factors Affecting Food Consumption

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

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

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

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

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

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

  133. Improving the Measurement of Food Security and Hunger

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

  135. Incorporating Nutritional and Economic Factors Into Planning School Lunch

  136. Infant Formula Prices and Availability

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

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

  139. Interactions Between the Food Stamp Program and the Economy

  140. Interpretation and Use of Dietary Reference Intakes

  141. Journal of Nutrition Education Special Issue for the Elderly

  142. Labor Market Participation and Government Assistance Program Participation

  143. Lifestyle Mediators of Diet Quality

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

  145. 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

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

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

  148. Maternal Employment and Children’s Nutrition Outcomes

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

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

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

  152. Modeling WIC Eligibility and Participation of Infants and Children

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

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

  155. National Food Price and Sales Information System

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

  157. Obesity in Low-Income Mothers and Children

  158. Panel Cointegration Estimation of Food Stamp Program Caseloads

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

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

  161. Plate Waste in School Nutrition Programs

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

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

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

  165. Program Access and Declining Food Stamp Program Participation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  174. Research on Breastfed Infants Growth

  175. Research To Assess Links Between Diet Quality and Health

  176. Restructuring Food Stamps To Help Working Families

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

  178. School Breakfast Program: Participation and Impacts

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

  180. Simplified Food Stamp Program Technical Assistance

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

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

  183. Sources of Variation in State Food Stamp Participation Rates

  184. State Predictors of Household Food Security

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

  186. Structural Change in the Food Stamp Program Caseload Equation

  187. Studies of Households Who Leave the Food Stamp Program

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

  189. Study of Re-Engineering the Welfare System

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

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

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

  193. Summer Food Service Program Study

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

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

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

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

  198. The Changing Welfare System in Rural Areas

  199. The Complementary Roles of Public and Private Assistance

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

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

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

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

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

  205. The Economics of Obesity in the NLSY79 Panel

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

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

  208. The Effects of Welfare Implementation on Food Stamp Caseloads

  209. The Evaluation of EBT Customer Service Waivers on Recipients

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

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

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

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

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

  215. Time Series Analysis of Food Stamp Program Caseloads

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

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

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

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

  220. Understanding Program Participation Decisions of the Working Poor

  221. Understanding the Errors in Children’s Dietary Recalls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  229. WIC Eligibility Expert Review Panel Study

  230. WIC General Analysis Project (GAP)

  231. WIC Innovative Practices Study

  232. WIC Supplemental Food Package Analysis

  233. WIC’s Effect on Prices of Infant Formula

  234. Survey support


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

  236. Current Population Survey (CPS) Food Security Supplements

  237. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort 2000

  238. Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey--Kindergarten Cohort

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

  240. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

  241. RIDGE


  242. American Indian Studies Program, University of Arizona

  243. Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis

  244. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin

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

  246. RIDGE Program Overview

  247. 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