SNAP Supports Health Equity: Recommendations For the Reauthorization of the Farm Bill

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2024
Published By
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

This resource discusses the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), highlighting its role in providing healthy food access to participants, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities. It emphasizes the need for policy changes to improve SNAP, such as eliminating work requirements, increasing benefit levels, and expanding eligibility, to ensure better food security and support for families, especially in the wake of challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Child Food Security

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Food Access

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People with Disabilities

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Older Adults

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Food Security

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Children and Youth

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Published on 10/22/2021