Emergency Allotments in SNAP and Food Hardship Among Households With Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Households with children and minoritized racial and ethnic groups experience a disproportionate burden of food hardship. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US federal government implemented emergency allotments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), increasing the amount of food purchasing assistance received by many participating households.

Objective

To examine the association of implementing emergency allotments in SNAP with food hardship among households with children overall and for households with Black, Hispanic, and White children by comparing income-eligible households that did and did not participate in SNAP.

Design, setting, and participants

This ecologic cross-sectional study used 2016-2022 National Survey of Children's Health d

SUBMITTER: Austin AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329880 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature