search our site     home > key topics > food & nutrition assistance programs   food stamp program The Food Stamp Program (FSP) is the largest of the Federal Government's efforts to alleviate hunger. ERS research on the FSP addresses such issues as factors that have contributed to the program's caseload decline, how to improve access to the program for low-income working households, and how to obtain administrative cost savings and preserve program integrity. related briefing rooms - offer an indepth discussion synthesizing ERS research Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs Food Stamp Program Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare feature Food Stamp Program Map Machine—The Food Stamp Program (FSP) Map Machine is an interactive web-based mapping utility that illustrates program participation and benefit levels down to the county level. Use the map machine to show per capita participation, per capita benefits, changes from year to year, and more. The map's tools allow you to call up tabular data for the county, State, or Nation. For example, select a State, zoom into a specific county, and display the data for that county by using the identify tool. Or, zoom into a region of the United States and display a map showing how rapidly program participation changed in each county between 1993 and 1997. web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov updated: May 28, 2003  Also at ERS... latest publications (all) • Food Assistance Landscape, September 2004 • Understanding the Food Stamp Program Participation Decisions of TANF Leavers • Prototype Notebook: Short Questions on Dietary Intake, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors latest data products (all) • Food Stamp Map Machine • Summer Food Service Program Map Machine research emphases (all) • A Healthy, Well-Nourished Population resources • Contact an ERS Expert • Calendar of Releases services • Receive E-mail Updates • E-mail This Page • Translate This Page

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