Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - KY

Food Insecurity Among Children Clinical Trial

— EDECHKY  

Official title:

Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - Kentucky

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04283344
• Other study ID #: AG-3198-C-14-0019 (Kentucky)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2017
• Est. completion date: March 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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 Kentucky.

Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula: (1) a fixed deduction, depending on county of residence, for transportation costs for six round trips to the grocery store per month; and (2) an earnings deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income for households with at least one employed household member. Households in the control group continued to receive their regular monthly SNAP benefit amounts.

Description:

Objective: To reduce child food insecurity in rural households by raising Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to offset higher transportation costs and further strengthen SNAP work incentives.

Target Population: SNAP households with: (1) positive net income, (2) at least one child under the age of 18 by the end of the demonstration period, and (3) living in 17 geographically isolated and poor counties in eastern Kentucky.

Intervention: Households were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula: (1) a fixed deduction, depending on county of residence, for transportation costs for six round trips to the grocery store per month; and (2) an earnings deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income for households with at least one employed household member. Households in the control group continued to receive their regular monthly SNAP benefit amounts.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 4504
• Est. completion date: March 2018
• Est. primary completion date: March 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• SNAP households with: (1) positive net income, (2) at least one child under the age of 18 by the end of the demonstration period, and (3) living in 17 geographically isolated and poor counties in eastern Kentucky.

Exclusion Criteria:

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Food Insecurity Among Children

Intervention

Other:
• KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits
Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
USDA Food and Nutrition Service	Mathematica

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Food Insecurity among Children	Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).; Affirming 2 or more out of the 8 child-level items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.	30 days
Secondary	Very Low Food Insecurity among Children	Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).; Affirming 5 or more out of the 8 child-level items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.	30 days
Secondary	Food Insecurity among Adults	Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).; Affirming 3 or more out of the 10 adult-level items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.	30 days
Secondary	Household Food Insecurity	Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).; Affirming 3 or more out of the 18 items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.	30 days
Secondary	Food Expenditures	Total amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and out-of-pocket food purchases in dollars.	30 days

External Links

•   Final Report