Resources on SNAP & other programs

• SNAP’s Short- and Long-term Benefits

• Lauren Bauer, Abigail Pitts, Krista Ruffini & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. The Effect of Pandemic EBT on Measures of Food Hardship. The Hamilton Project, Economic Analysis, July 30, 2020.

• Hilary Hoynes & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. Policies to Strengthen Our Nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy, Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Who Would Be Affected by Proposed Changes to SNAP? Econofact, August 1, 2019.

• Hilary Hoynes & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. Strengthening SNAP as an Automatic Stabilizer. In Boushey, Heather, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh, eds., Recession Ready: Fiscal Policies to Stabilize the American Economy. The Hamilton Project at Brookings and Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach & Betsy Thorn. Food Support Programs and their Impacts on Very Young Children. Health Policy Brief, Health Affairs, March 28, 2019.

• Diane Schanzenbach & Lauren Bauer. Are Nutrition Policies Making Teenagers Hungry? The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, April 2016.

• Diane Schanzenbach, Lauren Bauer & Gregory Nantz. Twelve Facts about Food Insecurity and SNAP. The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, April 2016.

• Hilary Hoynes & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. The Safety Net as an Investment. IPR Policy Brief, January 27, 2016.

• Hilary Hoynes & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. The Safety Net: An Investment in Kids. Spotlight on Poverty. July 2013.

Resources on Hunger & Food Insecurity

• Diane Schanzenbach. Fighting Hunger in the U.S. Econofact. May 10, 2021.

• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. Who Does Not Have Enough to Eat in America? Econofact. November 25, 2020.

• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. Not Enough to Eat: COVID-19 Deepens America’s Hunger Crisis.  Food Research and Action Center report, September 2020.

• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach & Abigail Pitts. How Much Has Food Insecurity Risen? Evidence from the Census Household Pulse Survey. IPR Rapid Research Report, June 10, 2020. Summary.

• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach & Abigail Pitts. Food Insecurity in the Census Household Pulse Survey Data Tables. IPR Rapid Research Report, June 1, 2020. Summary.

• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach & Abigail Pitts. Estimates of Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Crisis: Results from the COVID Impact Survey, Week 2 (May 4-10, 2020). IPR Rapid Research Report, May 18, 2020.

• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach & Abigail Pitts. Estimates of Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Crisis: Results from the COVID Impact Survey, Week 1 (April 20-26, 2020). IPR Rapid Research Report, May 13, 2020.

• Lauren Bauer & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. Children’s Exposure to Food Insecurity is Still Worse Than It Was Before the Great Recession. The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, June 2018.

• Lauren Bauer, Ryan Nunn & Diane Schanzenbach. Who is Poor in the United States? The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, June 2016.

Podcasts

• The Virus is Peaking, but Help is Going Away. The Atlantic’s Social Distance. Oct 26, 2020.

• The Social Safety Net in the Era of COVID-19. Econofact Podcast. August 24, 2020.

Videos

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