@article{064e066e83e7413da0ae5141c7500ecd,
title = "Churn in the older adult SNAP population",
abstract = "Using administrative records from Missouri, we investigate the characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants aged 60 and older who experience administrative churn. Among these adults, one in four experienced administrative churn, and one in five experienced more than one spell of churn. Risk of churn, frequency, duration of churn spells, and the value of foregone SNAP benefits varied with individual, household, and geographic characteristics, and was more common among non-Whites, members of larger households, and those living in urban areas. Our findings suggest that a significant portion of older adults experience gaps in SNAP benefit receipt.",
keywords = "SNAP, aging, food insecurity, low-income programs, older adults, welfare",
author = "Colleen Heflin and Leslie Hodges and Irma Arteaga and Ojinnaka, {Chinedum O.}",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to Lauryn Quick for her research assistance on this study. Financial Support: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service through the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research [3200002889‐20‐245]. Heflin acknowledges the services and support of the Center for Aging and Policy Studies at Syracuse University, funded by the National Institutes of Health NIA Center Grant P30AG066583. 1 Funding Information: We are grateful to Lauryn Quick for her research assistance on this study. Financial Support: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service through the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research [3200002889-20-245]. Heflin acknowledges the services and support of the Center for Aging and Policy Studies at Syracuse University, funded by the National Institutes of Health NIA Center Grant P30AG066583. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1002/aepp.13288",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "45",
pages = "350--371",
journal = "Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy",
issn = "2040-5790",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "1",
}