Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Final Report. Fiscal 2009 Activities. Economic Research that Informs Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy

摘要

In 1998, USDAs Economic Research Service (ERS) created the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) to study and evaluate the Nations domestic food and nutrition assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)formerly the Food Stamp Programthe child nutrition programs, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC). Since its establishment, FANRP has become the premier source of economic research on food and nutrition assistance programs in the United States. FANRP has supported research on a wide range of policy-relevant food and nutrition assistance topics, resulting in over 700 peer-reviewed publications. FANRP has also enhanced national surveys by adding a food assistance dimension and broadened the participation of social science and nutrition science scholars in food assistance and nutrition policy issues. This report provides a summary of FANRP and its activities in fiscal 2009. Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the program. Chapter 2 focuses on FANRP activities conducted in fiscal 2009 (October 1, 2008-September 30, 2009) and includes a discussion of the years key research accomplishments along with a list of all FANRP-sponsored publications released during the year. Appendix A lists all the institutions, universities, and government agencies that have been awarded FANRP projects since FANRP started in 1998, and appendix B lists all the ongoing FANRP Projects funded prior to fiscal 2009.