The Effects of SNAP Work Requirements in Reducing Participation and Benefits From 2013 to 2017.
Objectives. To assess the effects of work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Methods. We used changes in waivers of work requirements to assess the impact of requiring work on the number of SNAP participants and benefit lev...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 109; no. 10; pp. 1446 - 1452 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=138432095&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 138432095 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2019 vid: 109 iid: 10 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association artinfo: ui: 138432095 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305232 ppf: 1446 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: The Effects of SNAP Work Requirements in Reducing Participation and Benefits From 2013 to 2017. aug: au: Ku, Leighton Brantley, Erin Pillai, Drishti su: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (U.S.) Employee benefits Employment Job descriptions Medicaid Government programs Psychology Unemployment insurance Eligibility (Social aspects) sug: subj: Employee benefits Employment Job descriptions Medicaid Government programs Psychology Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (U.S.) Health and Welfare Funds Other Insurance Funds Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs) Unemployment insurance Eligibility (Social aspects) ab: Objectives. To assess the effects of work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Methods. We used changes in waivers of work requirements to assess the impact of requiring work on the number of SNAP participants and benefit levels in 2410 US counties from 2013 to 2017 using 2-way fixed effects models. Results. Adoption of work requirements was followed by reductions of 3.0% in total SNAP participation, 4.5% in SNAP households, and 3.8% in SNAP benefit dollars, after controlling for the unemployment, poverty, and Medicaid expansions. Because able-bodied adults without dependents comprise 8% to 9% of all SNAP participants, our findings indicate that work requirements caused more than one third of able-bodied adults without dependents to lose benefits. Conclusions. Expansions of work requirements caused about 600 000 participants to lose SNAP benefits from 2013 to 2017 and caused a reduction of about $2.5 billion in federal SNAP benefits in 2017. The losses occurred rapidly, beginning a few months after work requirements were imposed. Public Health Implications. SNAP work requirements rapidly reduce caseloads and benefits, reducing food and health access. Effects on participation could be similar for work requirements in Medicaid or other programs. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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