This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report 
"How Economic Conditions Affect Participation in USDA Nutrition Assistance Programs" (EIB-100), published in September 2012. 
The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. After time, the material may not reflect 
the current ERS program of work, may be outdated, and/or superseded, so please visit the website to obtain the latest information: 
www.ers.usda.gov.Any reuse of these images should include attribution to "Economic Research Service/USDA."

The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.


File name		Description

(fig01.png)		Figure 1-Nutrition assistance program participation and unemployment rate, fiscal years 1976-2010
(fig02.png)		Figure 2-Unemployment rate and poverty rate in periods of economic growth and decline, fiscal years 1976-2010
(fig03.png)		Figure 3-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and unemployment rate, fiscal years 1976-2010
(fig04.png)		Figure 4-Policies and legislative acts impacting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation, fiscal years 1976-2010 
(fig05.png)		Figure 5-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation, annual average change during periods of economic growth (blue) and decline (red)
(fig06.png)		Figure 6-Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participation, fiscal years 1976-2010
(fig07.png)		Figure 7-Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participation and births, annual average change during periods of economic growth and decline
(fig08.png)		Figure 8-National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation, school enrollment, and percentage of participants receiving free and reduced-price meals, fiscal years 1976-2010 
(fig09.png)		Figure 9-Annual average percent change in percentage of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participants receiving free and reduced-price meals during periods of economic growth (blue) and decline (red)  
(fig10.png)		Figure 10-National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation: annual average change during periods of economic growth and decline 
(fig11.png)		Figure 11-School Breakfast Program (SBP) participation and percentage of participants receiving free and reduced-price meals, fiscal years 1976-2010 
(fig12.png)		Figure 12-Annual average percent change in percentage of School Breakfast Program (SBP) participants receiving free and reduced-price meals during periods of economic growth (blue) and decline (red) 
(fig13.png)		Figure 13-Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) participation and percentage of total meals that were free and reduced-price, fiscal years 1976-2010  
(fig14.png)		Figure 14-Annual average percent change in percentage of total Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meals that were free and reduced-price meals during periods of economic growth (blue) and decline (red) 
(box1 fig01.png)	Box 1 fig1-Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) take-up rates and participation
(box3 fig02.png)	Box 2 fig2-Program availability for SBP and NSLP: Percent of students enrolled in schools offering the programs, fiscal years 1976-2010

