Family instability and the risk of material hardship
- Colleen Heflin
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Food Insecurity and Food Assistance Programs
- Dan Simon
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- July 2014
Supported from Both Sides? Changes in the Dynamics of Joint Participation in SNAP and UI Following the Great Recession
- Alix Gould-Werth and H. Luke Shaefer
- Discussion Paper
- June 2014
Using Insights from Participatory Research to Inform Poverty Policy
- Mariana Chilton
- Podcasts
- April 2014
Food Assistance During and After the Great Recession in Metropolitan Detroit
- Scott W. Allard, Sandra K. Danziger, and Maria Wathen
- Discussion Paper
- April 2014
Is WIC Reaching Those in Need? Children’s Participation in Nutritional Policy during the Great Recession
- Margot Jackson and Gabriel Schwartz
- Discussion Paper
- January 2014
The Effect of SNAP on Poverty
- Laura Tiehen, Dean Jolliffe, and Timothy Smeeding
- Discussion Paper
- October 2013
Why Are So Many Americans on Food Stamps? The Role of the Economy, Policy, and Demographics
- James P. Ziliak
- Discussion Paper
- September 2013
Family Change, Father Involvement, and Child Food Insecurity
- Daniel Miller
- Podcasts
- June 2013
Local food prices: Effects on child eating patterns, food insecurity, and overweight
- Taryn W. Morrissey, Alison Jacknowitz, and Katie Vinopal
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2013
Research Areas
Food Assistance Program Research Center
IRP served as a Food Assistance Program Research Center from 1999 to 2015. The Center, which was directed by IRP Affiliate Judith Bartfeld, was supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (ERS) as part of the ERS Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program.
Reports from the studies funded by the Center are available on . For a full listing of project summaries for all RIDGE-supported research projects, including those not affiliated with IRP, go to the ERS website.
Wisconsin Food Security Project
To promote food security in Wisconsin, IRP Affiliate Judith Bartfeld and colleagues at the Applied Population Lab have created the Wisconsin Food Security Project.
The interactive data and mapping website includes state and local data on economic well-being, food security, the retail food environment, and the availability and use of public and private food assistance programs.