Background Report on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations

By Kenneth Finegold, Nancy Pindus, Laura Wherry, Sandi Nelson, Timothy Triplett, and Randy Capps. ERS project representative: Victor Oliveira

Contractor and Cooperator Report No. (CCR4) 100 pp, January 2005

The report reviews existing data sources and prior research on six programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that provide food assistance to American Indians living on or near reservations. The purpose of the review is to help identify future research needs and opportunities to exploit administrative data systems and recurring national surveys. The programs covered are the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), the Food Stamp Program (FSP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). Research topics of continuing importance include the impacts of reservation food assistance on health and nutrition, the characteristics that make nutrition education effective on reservations, the dynamics of program participation, and the contribution of tribal administration to program coordination.

Keywords: Food Stamp Program, poverty, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, food assistance programs, Native Americans, Indian reservations, WIC, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, FANRP, ERS, USDA

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• Abstract, Contents, and Summary, 59 Kb
• Introduction, 41 Kb
• Program Overview, 29 Kb
• Current Issues, 37 Kb
• Data Sources, 58 Kb
• Continuing Research Questions, 45 Kb
• References, 48 Kb
• Appendix A: National, State, and Tribal Surveys as Data Sources on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations, 303 Kb
• Appendix B: Special Surveys with Data on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations, 23 Kb
• Appendix C: Food Stamp Program/Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, "Participation in Food Programs-by Race", 31 Kb
• Appendix D: Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, "Commodity Acceptability Progress Report", 108 Kb
• Appendix E: Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, "Monthly Distribution of Donated Foods to Family Units", 65 Kb

• Entire Document, 912 Kb

Updated date: January 7, 2005