Study of Arizona Adults Leaving the Food Stamp
Program: Final Report
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Study of Arizona Adults Leaving the Food Stamp Program: Final
Report. By Gregory Mills and Robert Kornfeld of Abt Associates
Inc. ERS contact Elizabeth
Dagata, Food and Rural Economics Division, Economic Research
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Electronic Publication
from the Food Assistance & Nutrition Research Program (e-FAN-01-001).
December 2000.
Abstract
This study examined the situation of adults in Arizona who left the Food Stamp
Program in 1997. Adults with dependents or a disability who did not
receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) at any time
during the 12 months preceding their food stamp exit showed the highest
degree of self-sufficiency (independence from both public benefits
and private support and higher earnings). Adults with dependents or
a disability who received TANF at some time during the 12 months preceding
their exit improved the most in their post-exit employment situation.
Able-bodied adults without dependents and adults with dependents or
a disability who received TANF showed the strongest evidence of post-exit
hardship and deprivation (living with family or friends while paying
no rent or partial rent, no health insurance coverage, and food insecure
with moderate or severe hunger).
Keywords: Food Stamp Program, Food Assistance and Nutrition
Research Program
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