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Does SNAP Cover the Cost of a Meal in Your County?

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Description
Analyzes the ability of the the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to cover the price of a meal. Includes background information on the program as well as an interactive map that shows the cost of a moderately priced meal by county and the proportion of the cost covered by SNAP, county designation according to the rural-urban continuum code (RUCC), and SNAP benefit per meal versus total cost of meal according to select time periods between 2022-2023.
Date
05/2024
Type
Website
Organizations
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Urban Institute
Tagged as
County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences

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