Supplemental nutrition assistance and unemployment insurance : program features and participation patterns / Lanette Rowell, editor.

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, is designed primarily to increase the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households to help them buy a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet. This book describes the rules related to eligibility for SNAP benefits as well as the rules for benefits and their redemption. SNAP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS). A variety of benefits may also be available to unemployed workers to provide them with income support during a spell of unemploy.

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: PROGRAM FEATURES AND PARTICIPATION PATTERNS; SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: PROGRAM FEATURES AND PARTICIPATION PATTERNS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP): A PRIMER ON ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; ELIGIBILITY; BENEFITS; Chapter 2: BACKGROUND ON THE SCHEDULED REDUCTION TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFITS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; PRE-ARRA SNAP BENEFIT CALCULATION.

ARRA'S SNAP BENEFIT INCREASEAFTER OCTOBER 31, 2013: THE SCHEDULED SNAP BENEFIT REDUCTION; THE PRESIDENT'S FY2014 BUDGET PROPOSAL AND PENDING LEGISLATION; FURTHER BACKGROUND: LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE OCTOBER 31, 2013, SUNSET OF THE ARRA SNAP BENEFIT INCREASE; Chapter 3: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: PROGRAMS AND BENEFITS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION; FEDERAL ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION; EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM; EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND THE SEQUESTER; APPENDIX A. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS; APPENDIX B. SUMMARY OF EUC08 PROGRAM.

Chapter 4: PARTICIPATION IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: HOW TIGHT ARE THE STRANDS OF THE RECESSIONARY SAFETY NET?ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; SNAP AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AS TWO STRANDS OF THE RECESSIONARY SAFETY NET; JOINT PARTICIPATION RATES: DEFINITIONS AND DETERMINANTS; DATA AND METHODOLOGY; RECESSION INCREASED SNAP, UI, AND JOINT PARTICIPATION; RECESSIONARY CASELOADS AND CHANGES IN JOINT PARTICIPATION RATES; JOINT PARTICIPATION BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME RELATIVE TO POVERTY; JOINT PARTICIPATION BY RACE/ETHNICITY.

Joint participation by education levelconclusion; references; appendix 1; index.

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