Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform - Summary of a Workshop

This report was prepared in response to a request from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It summarizes the discussions at a February 1998 workshop convened by the Committee on National Statistics; the Board on Children, Youth, and Families; and the Food and Nutrition Board.
The fiscal year 1998 (FY1998) appropriations bill for USDA gave ERS responsibility for all research and evaluation studies on USDA food assistance programs. The bill provided $18 million to fund these studies, an increase from $7 million in FY1997. ERS asked the Committee on National Statistics for assistance in identifying new areas of research and data collection and in further improving the evaluation studies of food assistance programs. By bringing together many who work on evaluation of food assistance programs, policy analysis, survey methods, nutrition, child nutrition and child development, outcome measurement, and state welfare programs, the issues presented and discussed at the workshop provided ERS with information that could be used to develop a framework for their research program.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
• Con la collaborazione di: Elizabeth Evanson (Editore), Charles F Manski (Editore), Terri M Scanlan (Editore)
• Editore: National Academies Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.07.1999
• EAN: 9780309064941
• ISBN: 978-0-309-06494-1
• Pagine: 72
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica