Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2017

Publisher: Washington, DC: Mathematica
Aug 28, 2020
Authors
Karen Cunnyngham

Key Findings:

  • An estimated 84 percent of eligible people received SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2016.
  • An estimated 73 percent of eligible working poor people participated in SNAP in fiscal year 2016.
  • Participation rates varied widely from state to state.

This brief reviews estimated state SNAP participation rates for eligible people and eligible working poor people in 2017.

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Project

Using Microsimulation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Analysis

Funders

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service

Time Frame

2016–Present

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Karen Cunnyngham
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