The Food Stamp Program's Elderly Nutrition Pilot Demonstration: Final Evaluation Design

By Merrile Sing, Scott Cody, Michael Sinclair, and Rhoda Cohen. ERS project representative: Elizabeth Dagata

Contractor and Cooperator Report No. (CCR5-2) 81 pp, March 2005

Low participation rates in the Food Stamp Program (FSP) by poor elderly individuals have been a persistent problem. Historically, no more than one-third of eligible elderly have participated in the FSP—a participation rate far lower than that of any other major demographic group. To address the low participation rates among the elderly, USDA is funding the Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations—six separate pilot programs that are testing three alternative ways to increase elderly participation in the FSP. This report discusses the logistical considerations for evaluating the impacts of the six demonstrations. It presents an overview of the evaluation design, discusses alternative approaches for data collection, presents a schedule for the evaluation, and presents the expected costs of the evaluation.

Keywords: Food Stamp Program, FSP, food assistance, Elderly Nutrition Pilot Demonstration, elderly food stamp recipients, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, FANRP, ERS, USDA

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Abstract and Contents, 65 Kb
• Introduction, 39 Kb
• Evaluation Options and Schedule, 114 Kb
• Evaluation Cost Estimates, 38 Kb
• Appendix A: Revisions to the Evaluation Design, 38 Kb
• References, 9 Kb

• Entire Document, 269 Kb

1. The Food Stamp Program’s Elderly Nutrition Pilot Demonstration: Initial Evaluation Design

2. Food Stamp Program—Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Interim Report on Elderly Participation Patterns

3. Evaluation of the USDA Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Volume I, Evaluation Findings

4. Evaluation of the USDA Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Volume II, Demonstration Summaries

Updated date: March 10, 2005