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Food Assistance & Nutrition Research Program (FANRP)

The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) at ERS is responsible for conducting studies and evaluations of the Nation's food assistance programs. FANRP funds a portfolio of extramural research, including grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts that are competitively awarded through a peer review process. This research is designed to meet the critical information needs of the Administration, Congress, program managers, policy officials, program participants, the research community, and the public at large.


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Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 4, Executive Summary of the Literature Review—provides a summary of a comprehensive review and synthesis of published research on the impact of USDA's domestic food and nutrition assistance programs on participants' nutrition and health outcomes. The outcome measures reviewed include food expenditures, household nutrient availability, dietary intake, and other related outcome measures.

The Food Assistance Landscape—This periodical provides a brief overview of USDA''s domestic food assistance programs. Each issue contains recent program statistics, such as expenditure, participation, and benefit levels, as well as information on related economic and social indicators, such as unemployment rates, income growth, and food price inflation.

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