Purpose
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) seeks to stimulate
innovative research related to federal food assistance programs
such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP
(formerly Food Stamps) and the National School Breakfast/Lunch
Program, and to support training of researchers interested in
food assistance issues.
Focal Research Theme for 2015–2016
The Impacts of Food Assistance Programs on Child, Adult, and
Family Well-Being
Food assistance programs have grown dramatically in recent years.
Program growth has occurred in conjunction with other trends,
including persistently high poverty and food insecurity
rates.
The focus of the 2015–2016 IRP RIDGE Center for National Food and
Nutrition Assistance Research funding competition is on the
impacts of food assistance programs on well-being, broadly
defined. Overall, we are seeking to fund work that expands our
understanding of the importance of food assistance programs in
influencing a variety of indicators of well-being, including but
not limited to food security, school performance, learning,
health, nutrition, and employment. We have a particular interest
in research that goes beyond simple participation measures to
explore how program outcomes may be linked to program
characteristics, interactions among food assistance programs and
local contexts, multiple program participation, intensity or
duration of program exposure, and similar topics.
Further details about the research priority are available at:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/initiatives/irpridge/themes.htm.
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