The Hamilton Project, "The effect of Pandemic EBT on measures of food hardship" (July 30, 2020)
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A Hamilton Project paper dated July 30, 2020, titled The effect of Pandemic EBT on measures of food hardship, by Lauren Bauer, Abigail Pitts, Krista Ruffini and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. The abstract states that in the spring of 2020, 55 million school-age children were not in school, and that Congress authorized Pandemic EBT, a program providing families with a voucher to purchase groceries. The authors state that Pandemic EBT reduced food hardship experienced by low-income families with children and lifted at least 2.7-3.9 million children out of hunger.
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All Publications Share [addthis tool="addthis_inline_share_toolbox"] Papers The effect of Pandemic EBT on measures of food hardship By: Lauren Bauer , Abigail Pitts , Krista Ruffini , Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach July 30, 2020 Education , Social Insurance Full paper Abstract In the spring of 2020, 55 million school-age children were not in school and tens of millions lost access to school-based nutrition assistance programs. To alleviate the effects of lost daily school meals and to help households with children meet their nutritional needs, Congress authorized a new program, Pandemic EBT, which provides families with a voucher to purchase groceries for an amount equal in value to the school meals missed from the start of school closures to the end of the 2019–20 school year. We find that Pandemic EBT reduced food hardship experienced by low-income families with children and lifted at least 2.7-3.9 million children out of hunger. Contact Media Inquiries Joyce Chen Phone: 202-238-3649 [email protected] Authors Lauren Bauer Associate Director Abigail Pitts Research Analyst, Northwestern University Krista Ruffini Assistant Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach McCourt Chair, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution
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