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Nutrition, Food Assistance, & Poverty
The Wisconsin Food Security Project IRP Publications on Nutrition, Food Assistance, & Poverty National Database of RIDGE Project Summaries IRP RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance ResearchIn January 2010, the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) named IRP the RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research following a nationwide competition. As the new RIDGE (Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics) Center, IRP will serve as a national hub for sponsoring new, innovative research related to such programs as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps); Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); the National School Lunch Program; and the School Breakfast Program; and as a center for training and mentoring scholars. ERS also established a second research hub, the RIDGE Center for Targeted Food and Nutrition Assistance Research, at the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC), Mississippi State University (MSU), as part of this restructuring and consolidation of the former RIDGE Program, which was administered by five institutions, including IRP, from 1999–2009. The SRDC center will support food and nutrition assistance research directed at specific populations, including rural residents, Native Americans, and immigrants. By establishing the RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research, IRP continues its long tradition of conducting policy-relevant research, training and mentoring the next generation of poverty scholars, and broadly disseminating its findings, with a renewed emphasis on food assistance research. The Wisconsin Food Security ProjectThe Wisconsin Food Security Project provides up-to-date county and state-level information about food security, economic well-being, and the availability and use of public and private programs to increase access to affordable and nutritious foods. Using the Project's Web site, users can create customized food security profiles for any county in Wisconsin. IRP affiliate Judi Bartfeld and UW Extension Specialist Kadi Row are principal investigators for the project. IRP Publications on Nutrition, Food Assistance, & PovertyFor a more exhaustive list of IRP publications on this topic, please search the IRP Publications Database. Experimental Estimates of the Barriers to Food Stamp Enrollment Trends in Income Support Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes The Effects of Food Stamp Benefits on Weight Gained by Expectant Mothers The School Breakfast Program and Breakfast Consumption Income Volatility and Food Insufficiency in U.S. Low-Income Households, 1992-2003 Growing Up Poor and Childhood Weight Problems Does Greater Exposure to WIC Affect Maternal Behavior and Improve Infant Health? Evidence from the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System Food Stamps and Food Insecurity: What Can Be Learned in the Presence of Nonclassical Measurement Error? Why Did the Food Stamp Caseload Decline (and Rise)? Effects of Policies and
the Economy The Changing Association between Prenatal Participation in WIC and Birth Outcomes in New York City An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of the Rise in the Prevalence of the U.S. Population Overweight and/or Obese A Cautionary Tale: Using Propensity Scores to Estimate
the Effect of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity Food Hardships and Child Behavior Problems among Low-Income Children Medicaid at Birth, WIC Take-Up, and Children's Outcomes The Role of Food Assistance Programs and Employment Circumstances in Helping
Households with Children Avoid Hunger Who Exits the Food Stamp Program after Welfare Reform? Exploring the Influence of the National School Lunch Program on Children National Database of RIDGE Project SummariesA searchable database of RIDGE project summaries dating back to the program’s inception in 1999 is available on the ERS Web site at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FoodNutritionAssistance/Funding/RIDGEprojects.asp. |
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| Questions and comments email irpweb@ssc.wisc.edu Posted: 6 December, 2004 Last Updated: 22 July, 2010 by DD |