National Food Stamp Program: A Case Study

The national food stamp program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides recipients cash and food benefits. The United States Government Accountability Office (2014, pg. 2) reported that in fiscal year 2013, SNAP, the nation's largest nutrition support program, provided about 47 million people with $76 billion in benefits. The TANF and SNAP program is designed to prevent pregnancies and encourage two parent households. Floyd and Schott (2014) say, “Recipients have a time period to receive benefits, a work-focused window, TANF benefits need to do a better job of enabling families to meet basic needs so they can focus on finding work and/or increasing their skills in
The learner understands that an individual who uses a portion of food stamps to complete a training or educational program gains financial stability. In 1998, the learner applied for SNAP and received $89 dollars in food stamps during her pregnancy. This was a disappointment but it inspired the learner to continue her education and increase her work hours. After receiving SNAP for one month, a moral compass or set of values led her to not depend on welfare to support her responsibility, a future child. According to Newman, et. al (2004) “Household level outcomes implicitly include the contribution of a spouse or other partner, if present, and such contributions are viewed by many as a critical factor in alleviating the poverty of low-income mothers and their children.” The learner did use her family support to prevent poverty and increase educational skills and
Cost-benefit analysis has advantages and costs that are measured in dollars or units of value (Clemons, 2010). The units of value help subtract from benefits in the cost-benefits analysts process (2010). The cost-benefit analysis links a single policy to the benefits of a society. It helps policy analysts obtain a goal to with the least amount of costs and highest amount of benefits. The cost-benefit analysis is difficult to choose which costs and which benefits should be included in the analysis. Analysts may use local, county, state or federal costs when implementing a