Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and Unemployment Insurance: Program Features and Participation Patterns
Lanette Rowell (Editor)
Series: Government Procedures and Operations
BISAC: POL019000
Details
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called the Food Stamp Program, is designed primarily to increase the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households to help them buy a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet. This book describes the rules related to eligibility for SNAP benefits as well as the rules for benefits and their redemption.
This book also describes three kinds of unemployment benefits which are the regular Unemployment Compensation, Extended Benefit, and Emergency Unemployment Compensation. The book explains their basic eligibility requirements, benefits, and financing structure. (Imprint: Nova)
Preface
Chapter 1. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A Primer on Eligibility and Benefits
Randy Alison Aussenberg
Chapter 2. Background on the Scheduled Reduction to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits
Randy Alison Aussenberg and Gene Falk
Chapter 3. Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits
Julie M. Whittaker, Katelin P. Isaacs
Chapter 4. Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Unemployment Insurance: How Tight Are the Strands of the Recessionary Safety Net?
David H. Finifter and Mark A. Prell
Index
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