Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Am J Prev Med. 2023 Aug;65(2):270-277. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.01.029. Epub 2023 Mar 7.
Policymakers have suggested and implemented work requirements for safety-net programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). If these work requirements impact program participation, they may lead to greater food insecurity. This paper investigates the effects of implementing the work requirement for the SNAP on emergency food assistance usage.
Data were used from a cohort of food pantries in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, which imposed the SNAP work requirement in 2016. Event study models were run in 2022, leveraging geographic variation in exposure to the work requirement to measure changes in the number of households served by the food pantries.
The 2016 introduction of the SNAP work requirement increased the number of households served by food pantries. The impact is concentrated among urban food pantries. On average, an urban agency exposed to the work requirement served 34% more households in the 8 months after the work requirement than an agency with no exposure.
Individuals who lose SNAP eligibility owing to the work requirement remain in need of assistance and seek other sources of food. SNAP work requirements thus increase the burden on emergency food assistance programs. Work requirements for other programs may also lead to increased emergency food assistance use.
政策制定者曾提议并实施了针对食品券计划（SNAP）等安全网计划的工作要求。如果这些工作要求对项目参与产生影响，可能会导致更大的粮食不安全。本文研究了实施 SNAP 工作要求对紧急食品援助使用的影响。
本研究使用了来自阿拉巴马州、佛罗里达州和密西西比州的食品储藏室队列的数据，这些州在 2016 年实施了 SNAP 工作要求。2022 年进行了事件研究模型，利用接触工作要求的地理差异来衡量食品储藏室服务的家庭数量的变化。
2016 年 SNAP 工作要求的引入增加了食品储藏室服务的家庭数量。这种影响集中在城市食品储藏室。平均而言，在工作要求实施后的 8 个月内，接触工作要求的城市机构比没有接触的机构多服务 34%的家庭。
由于工作要求而失去 SNAP 资格的个人仍然需要援助，并寻求其他食物来源。因此，SNAP 工作要求增加了紧急食品援助计划的负担。其他计划的工作要求也可能导致紧急食品援助使用增加。
