Food Insecurity Among Children Clinical Trial
Official title:
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - Nevada
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to
end childhood hunger and food insecurity. Demonstration projects were funded in Chickasaw
Nation, Kentucky, Navajo Nation, Nevada, and Virginia. This study focuses on Nevada.
SNAP households were randomly assigned to receive either: (1) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per
eligible child (<5 years) per month; (2) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per eligible child per
month plus case management and nutrition education; or (3) only regular monthly SNAP benefit.
The first two groups were the treatment arms and the third was the control group.
Objectives: To (1) reduce food insecurity among children; (2) increase enrollment in the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and other
nutrition assistance programs; and (3) improve nutrition and healthy shopping habits through
nutrition education.
Target Population: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households with children
under age 5 and incomes below 75 percent of the Federal Poverty Level living in Clark County,
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Intervention: SNAP households were randomly assigned to receive either: (1) $40 extra in SNAP
benefits per eligible child (<5 years) per month; (2) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per eligible
child per month plus case management and nutrition education; or (3) only regular monthly
SNAP benefit. The first two groups were the treatment arms and the third was the control
group.
The two treatment groups were ultimately combined because of the low uptake of case
management and nutrition education.
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