Understanding the Rates, Causes, and Costs of Churning in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Final Report

Gregory Mills, Tracy Vericker, Heather Koball, Kye Lippold, Laura Wheaton and Sam Elkin

No 407661, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: “Churning” in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is defined as when a household exits SNAP and then re-enters the program within 4 months. Churning is a policy concern due to the financial and administrative burden incurred by both SNAP households and State agencies that administer SNAP. This study explores the circumstances of churning in SNAP by determining the rates and patterns of churn, examining the causes of caseload churn, and calculating costs of churn to both participants and administering agencies in six States.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Public Economics; Research Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 194
Date: 2014-11
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/407661/files/SNAPChurning-2014.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:usdami:407661

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.407661

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().