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FANRP's competitive grants and cooperative agreements program made awards
in fiscal 2004 to fund research on strengthening economic incentives in food assistance programs; food assistance as a safety net; and obesity, diet quality, and health outcomes. The program is publicly announced and competitively awarded through the use of peer review panels.
(Click on the title for the project's description)
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Investigator
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City/State
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Title
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Award
amount* |
| Strengthening Economic Incentives in Food Assistance Programs |
Caroline Ratcliffe
The Urban Institute
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Washington, DC |
How Are State Food Stamp and TANF Policy Choices Affecting Food Stamp Participation |
$100,000 |
| Thomas MaCurdy
The SPHERE Institute |
Burlingame, CA |
Integrating Food Stamp Program Rules and Processes With Other Public Assistance Programs |
$100,000 |
| Food Assistance
as a Safety Net |
Robert Moffitt
Johns Hopkins University |
Baltimore, MD |
The Role of Food Stamps in the Post-Reform Safety Net: The Three-City Study |
$200,000 |
Mary Farrell
Lewin Group
|
Falls Church, VA |
Income Volatility and Its Effect on Food Stamp Participation of the Working Poor |
$100,000 |
| Obesity, Diet Quality, and
Health |
Joel Gittelsohn
Johns Hopkins University
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Baltimore, MD |
A Feasibility Study of Nutrition Education Intervention in Food Stores Serving the Low Income |
$100,000 |
David Just
Cornell University
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Ithaca, NY |
An Exploration of Potential Uses of Behavioral Economics Concepts for Improving the Diets of Food Assistance Program Participants |
$100,000 |
Matthew Davis
University of Michigan
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Ann Arbor, MI |
Future Costs of Childhood Obesity: Estimates and Implications |
$150,000 |
Charles Baum
Middle Tennessee State University
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Murfreesboro, TN |
An Examination of the Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity |
$120,000 |
Robert Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
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Princeton, NJ |
Food Security, Obesity and Mental Health in Mothers and Preschool Children |
$150,000 |
*Rounded to nearest thousand.
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