Publications
MDRC





Question: How can I increase participation in Medicaid and food stamps among families that leave welfare?

Further Information

Publications

Dion, M. Robin and LaDonna Pavetti. 2000. Access to and Participation in Medicaid and the Food Stamp Program: A Review of the Recent Literature. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Available online at www.mathinc.com/PDFs/accessfullrpt.pdf


Garrett, Bowen and John Holahan. 2000. Welfare Leavers, Medicaid Coverage, and Private Health Insurance. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Available online at http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b13/b13.html


Health Care Financing Administration. 1999. Supporting Families in Transition: A Guide to Expanding Health Coverage in the Post Welfare-Reform World. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Available online at www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/welfare.htm


Polit, London, and Martinez. The Health of Poor Urban Women: Findings from the Project on Devolution and Urban Change. 2001. New York: MDRC.
Available online at www.mdrc.org/Reports2001/UC-HealthReport/UC-HealthRpt-FullRpt2001.pdf


Quint, Janet and Rebecca Widom. 2001. Post-TANF Food Stamp and Medicaid Benefits: Factors that Aid or Impede Their Receipt. New York: MDRC. Available online at www.mdrc.org/Reports2000/UrbanChange/Post-TANFFoodStamp/PostTANFBenefits2000.pdf


Rosenbaum, Dorothy. 2000. Improving Access to Food Stamps: New Reporting Options Can Reduce Administrative Burdens and Error Rates. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Available online at www.cbpp.org/9-1-00fs.htm


Schott, Liz and Cindy Mann. 1998. Assuring That Eligible Families Receive Medicaid When TANF Assistance is Denied or Terminated. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Available online at www.cbpp.org/11-5-98mcaid.htm


Super, David and Stacy Dean. 2001. New State Options to Improve the Food Stamp Vehicle Rule. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Available online at www.cbpp.org/1-16-01fs.htm


United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. 2000. Improving Food Stamp Program Access: State Best Practices. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. Available online at www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/MENU/ADMIN/Access/catalog.pdf


Wilde, Parke, Peggy Cook, Craig Gundersen, Mark Nord, and Laura Tiehen. 2000. The Decline in Food Stamp Program Participation in the 1990's. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Available online at http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/FANRR7/fanrr7.pdf


Zedlewski, Sheila R. and Sarah Brauner. 1999. Declines in Food Stamp and Welfare Participation: Is There a Connection? Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Available online at http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/discussion99-13.html




^ Back to top
 





No. 6, October 2001


Amy Brown
is Director of Planning at Community Food Resource Center, a non-profit direct service and advocacy organization. In CFRC's Food Force project, teams equipped with laptop computers travel to more than 400 community-based sites to provide Food Stamp information and application assistance to more than 30,000 households each year.

 


 Privacy Policy | ©2006 MDRC