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Impact of 2002-03 Farm Bill Restorations on Food Stamp Use by Legal Immigrants

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  • Henderson, Everett J.
  • Capps, Randy
  • Finegold, Kenneth

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This study used 1999-2004 Current Population Survey data in conjunction with the Urban Institute’s Transfer Income Model (TRIM3) to quantify the impact of the 2002 Farm Bill’s eligibility restorations. About half the estimated impact came from increases in newly eligible families, while the rest came from increases in eligible family members within already-eligible families (usually within families with citizen children). By 2004, the restorations had extended eligibility to roughly 1 million legal immigrants and 148,000 additional families. The extension in eligibility reached around two-thirds of those made ineligible by the 1996 welfare reform law rules and not covered by the 1998 restorations. The estimated participation gain over the period was 780,000 individuals and 139,000 legal immigrant families. The restorations took place in an era of large increases in food stamp caseloads overall; even so, the share of families containing legal immigrants increased substantially.

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  • Henderson, Everett J. & Capps, Randy & Finegold, Kenneth, 2008. "Impact of 2002-03 Farm Bill Restorations on Food Stamp Use by Legal Immigrants," Contractor and Cooperator Reports 292015, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerscc:292015
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.292015
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    1. Todd, Jessica E. & Newman, Constance & Ver Ploeg, Michele, 2010. "Changing Participation in Food Assistance Programs Among Low-Income Children After Welfare Reform," Economic Research Report 58613, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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