Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Study To Assess the Effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation on Food Security in the Post-American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment, 78673-78674 [2010-31550]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 241 / Thursday, December 16, 2010 / Notices
[FR Doc. 2010–31648 Filed 12–15–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–16–C
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Study To Assess
the Effect of Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP)
Participation on Food Security in the
Post-American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed collection. This is a new
collection for the contract Assessing the
Effect of Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP)
Participation on Food Security in the
Post-American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before February 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed data
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions that were used; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Steven
Carlson, Director, Office of Research and
Analysis, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Steven Carlson at 703–305–2576 or
via e-mail to
Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov. Comments
will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instruction for submitting
comments electronically.
srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Mar<15>2010
18:00 Dec 15, 2010
Jkt 223001
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday) at Room
1014, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. All comments will also
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Steven Carlson on
703–305–2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Study To Assess the Effect of
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) Participation on Food
Security in the Post-American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Environment.
OMB Number: [0584–NEW.]
Expiration Date: [Not Yet Assigned.]
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) administers the food and
nutrition assistance programs in the
U.S. Department of Agriculture. SNAP,
the new name of the Food Stamp
Program, remains the cornerstone of the
Nation’s nutrition assistance safety net.
SNAP provides nutrition assistance
benefits and nutrition education
services to low-income individuals and
families in an effort to reduce hunger
and improve the health and well-being
of low-income people and families.
The implementation of ARRA
presents a unique opportunity to
measure the impact of increased
benefits on food insecurity. For decades,
policy makers, advocates, and those
implementing the program have
hypothesized that increasing benefit
amounts would reduce food insecurity
and, perhaps, draw more individuals
into the program who may have been
reticent to apply. The ARRA increases
the maximum allotments of SNAP
participants by 13.6 percent, eases
eligibility requirements for childless
adults without jobs, and provides
additional funding to State agencies
responsible for administering the
program. The natural experiment
offered by the ARRA’s benefit increase
will be used to measure its impact on
reducing food insecurity and hunger.
This collection notice pertains to this
effort, The Study To Assess the Effect of
SNAP Participation on Food Security in
the Post-American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment,
which is funded by the FNS to
determine whether and to what extent
food insecurity declines with SNAP
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
78673
participation in a post-ARRA
environment.
The study has several objectives: (1)
Determine how, if at all, the prevalence
of household food insecurity and
amount of food expenditures vary with
SNAP participation; (2) determine how,
if at all, the observed results vary by key
household characteristics and
circumstances; and (3) determine what
factors distinguish between food secure
and food insecure SNAP households
with children.
To meet the first two objectives, FNS
will collect information from two
representative samples: One from new
SNAP households and one from SNAP
households who in their current spell
have participated in the program 6–7
months. The new SNAP households
will be interviewed twice—first, the
baseline survey will occur soon after
they have been approved to receive
benefits and the second, the follow-up
survey, will occur approximately 6–7
months later for those new entrants who
continue to participate in the SNAP
program.
Among households participating in
SNAP at the time of the baseline survey,
samples of new entrants and ongoing
participants will be chosen for
individual in-depth in-person
interviews. The purpose of these
interviews is to supplement the
quantitative analysis of the household
interview data by developing tentative
generalizations and hypotheses about
the causes and results of food
insecurity.
SNAP participants from 30 states will
be sampled via a two-stage sampling
process where the states are the first
stage and sampled with probability
proportional to size based on the
number of SNAP participant households
in each state. Within the selected states
that agree to participate, SNAP
participants will be randomly sampled.
To ensure sufficient sample for the
follow-up interviews, an oversample
will be drawn of the new SNAP
households for the baseline survey.
Affected Public: Individuals/
Household.
Type of Respondents: SNAP
Participants.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Out of the estimated 17,100 individuals
initially sampled, 1,710 will not be
contacted due to invalid or incomplete
contact information. The remaining
15,390 individuals in a total of 30 states
are expected to be contacted (see table
below). Of those, 3,770 will refuse or be
determined to be ineligible.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1 to 2 responses. 7,529
respondents will have participated in
E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM
16DEN1
78674
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 241 / Thursday, December 16, 2010 / Notices
only one interview. 4,001 respondents
will have participated in both a baseline
and follow-up interview. 90
respondents will have participated in
both a baseline and an in-depth
interview.
Estimated Time per Respondent: The
estimated time per response varies from
5 minutes to 2 hours. The baseline and
follow-up interviews will each average
0.50 hours (30 minutes). The in-depth
interviews will average 1.50 hours (90
minutes). Therefore, among those who
complete both a baseline and a followup interview, the burden estimate is 1
hour. For those who complete a baseline
interview and an in-depth interview, the
burden estimate is 2 hours. For all
persons who decline to participate in
the interview, the burden estimate is
0.08 hours (5 minutes) and includes the
Estimated
number of
respondents 1
Responses
annually per
respondent
respondent’s time to be screened in a
brief call (see table below).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 8,247.1 hours. This
includes interviewing hours for the
baseline telephone survey, the in-depth
in-person interviews and the follow-up
telephone survey. See the table below
for estimated total annual burden for
each type of respondent by type of
interview.
Total
annual
responses
Estimated
average
number of
hours per
response
Estimated
total hours
Respondent
type
Instrument/s
New Entrants ......................
Baseline only ......................
Baseline & Follow-Up .........
Baseline & In-depth ............
Refuse/Ineligible .................
Baseline only ......................
Baseline & In-depth ............
Refuse/Ineligible .................
3572
4001
45
2282
3957
45
1488
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
3572
8002
90
2282
3957
90
1488
0.50
0.50
2 1.0
0.08
0.50
2 1.0
0.08
1786.0
4001.0
90.0
182.6
1978.5
90.0
119.0
.............................................
15,390
........................
19,481
........................
8,247.1
Current SNAP Participants
Total .............................
1 Assumes
10 percent of the full sample (1,100 of new entrants and 610 of current SNAP participants) will not be contacted due to invalid or
incomplete contact information.
2 Average of 1.5 hours for the in-depth interview and 0.5 hours for the baseline interview.
Dated: December 8, 2010.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–31550 Filed 12–15–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Emergency Food Assistance Program;
Availability of Foods for Fiscal Year
2011
AGENCY:
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice announces the
surplus and purchased foods that the
Department expects to make available
for donation to States for use in
providing nutrition assistance to the
needy under The Emergency Food
Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal
Year (FY) 2011. The foods made
available under this notice must, at the
discretion of the State, be distributed to
eligible recipient agencies for use in
preparing meals and/or for distribution
to households for home consumption.
srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
Effective Date: October 1, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ashley Bress, Policy Branch, Food
Distribution Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
DATES:
VerDate Mar<15>2010
18:00 Dec 15, 2010
Jkt 223001
Alexandria, Virginia 22302–1594 or
telephone (703) 305–2662.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the provisions set forth
in the Emergency Food Assistance Act
of 1983 (EFAA), 7 U.S.C. 7501, et seq.,
and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
7 U.S.C. 2036, the Department makes
foods available to States for use in
providing nutrition assistance to those
in need through TEFAP. In accordance
with section 214 of the EFAA, 7 U.S.C.
7515, 60 percent of each State’s share of
TEFAP foods is based on the number of
people with incomes below the poverty
level within the State and 40 percent on
the number of unemployed persons
within the State. State officials are
responsible for establishing the network
through which the foods will be used by
eligible recipient agencies (ERA) in
providing nutrition assistance to those
in need, and for allocating foods among
those ERAs. States have full discretion
in determining the amount of foods that
will be made available to ERAs for use
in preparing meals and/or for
distribution to households for home
consumption.
The types of foods the Department
expects to make available to States for
distribution through TEFAP in FY 2011
are described below.
Surplus Foods
Surplus foods donated for distribution
under TEFAP are Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) foods purchased
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
under the authority of section 416 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949, 7 U.S.C. 1431
(section 416) and foods purchased
under the surplus removal authority of
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935,
7 U.S.C. 612c (section 32). The types of
foods typically purchased under section
416 include dairy, grains, oils, and
peanut products. The types of foods
purchased under section 32 include
meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, dry
beans, juices, and fruits.
Approximately $155.9 million in
surplus foods acquired in FY 2010 are
being delivered to States in FY 2011.
These foods include potatoes, cranapple juice, apple juice, cranberry
sauce, dried cranberries, dried cherries,
strawberries, applesauce, wild
blueberries, mixed fruit, strawberry
cups, peaches, pears, plums, dates, fig
pieces, chicken leg quarters, beef round
roast, lamb shoulder chops, pork patties,
and catfish strips. Other surplus foods
may be made available to TEFAP
throughout the year. The Department
would like to point out that food
acquisitions are based on changing
agricultural market conditions;
therefore, the availability of foods is
subject to change.
Purchased Foods
In accordance with section 27 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 7
U.S.C. 2036, the Secretary is directed to
purchase about $246.5 million worth of
foods in FY 2011 for distribution
through TEFAP. These foods are made
E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM
16DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78673-78674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31550]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Study To Assess the Effect of Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation on Food Security in the Post-
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed collection. This is a new collection for the contract
Assessing the Effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP) Participation on Food Security in the Post-American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 14,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed data
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Steven Carlson, Director, Office of
Research and Analysis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and
Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of
Steven Carlson at 703-305-2576 or via e-mail to
Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instruction for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at Room 1014, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All
comments will also be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Steven Carlson on 703-305-2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Study To Assess the Effect of Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation on Food Security in the Post-
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment.
OMB Number: [0584-NEW.]
Expiration Date: [Not Yet Assigned.]
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the food
and nutrition assistance programs in the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. SNAP, the new name of the Food Stamp Program, remains the
cornerstone of the Nation's nutrition assistance safety net. SNAP
provides nutrition assistance benefits and nutrition education services
to low-income individuals and families in an effort to reduce hunger
and improve the health and well-being of low-income people and
families.
The implementation of ARRA presents a unique opportunity to measure
the impact of increased benefits on food insecurity. For decades,
policy makers, advocates, and those implementing the program have
hypothesized that increasing benefit amounts would reduce food
insecurity and, perhaps, draw more individuals into the program who may
have been reticent to apply. The ARRA increases the maximum allotments
of SNAP participants by 13.6 percent, eases eligibility requirements
for childless adults without jobs, and provides additional funding to
State agencies responsible for administering the program. The natural
experiment offered by the ARRA's benefit increase will be used to
measure its impact on reducing food insecurity and hunger. This
collection notice pertains to this effort, The Study To Assess the
Effect of SNAP Participation on Food Security in the Post-American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment, which is funded by
the FNS to determine whether and to what extent food insecurity
declines with SNAP participation in a post-ARRA environment.
The study has several objectives: (1) Determine how, if at all, the
prevalence of household food insecurity and amount of food expenditures
vary with SNAP participation; (2) determine how, if at all, the
observed results vary by key household characteristics and
circumstances; and (3) determine what factors distinguish between food
secure and food insecure SNAP households with children.
To meet the first two objectives, FNS will collect information from
two representative samples: One from new SNAP households and one from
SNAP households who in their current spell have participated in the
program 6-7 months. The new SNAP households will be interviewed twice--
first, the baseline survey will occur soon after they have been
approved to receive benefits and the second, the follow-up survey, will
occur approximately 6-7 months later for those new entrants who
continue to participate in the SNAP program.
Among households participating in SNAP at the time of the baseline
survey, samples of new entrants and ongoing participants will be chosen
for individual in-depth in-person interviews. The purpose of these
interviews is to supplement the quantitative analysis of the household
interview data by developing tentative generalizations and hypotheses
about the causes and results of food insecurity.
SNAP participants from 30 states will be sampled via a two-stage
sampling process where the states are the first stage and sampled with
probability proportional to size based on the number of SNAP
participant households in each state. Within the selected states that
agree to participate, SNAP participants will be randomly sampled. To
ensure sufficient sample for the follow-up interviews, an oversample
will be drawn of the new SNAP households for the baseline survey.
Affected Public: Individuals/Household.
Type of Respondents: SNAP Participants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Out of the estimated 17,100
individuals initially sampled, 1,710 will not be contacted due to
invalid or incomplete contact information. The remaining 15,390
individuals in a total of 30 states are expected to be contacted (see
table below). Of those, 3,770 will refuse or be determined to be
ineligible.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1 to 2 responses.
7,529 respondents will have participated in
[[Page 78674]]
only one interview. 4,001 respondents will have participated in both a
baseline and follow-up interview. 90 respondents will have participated
in both a baseline and an in-depth interview.
Estimated Time per Respondent: The estimated time per response
varies from 5 minutes to 2 hours. The baseline and follow-up interviews
will each average 0.50 hours (30 minutes). The in-depth interviews will
average 1.50 hours (90 minutes). Therefore, among those who complete
both a baseline and a follow-up interview, the burden estimate is 1
hour. For those who complete a baseline interview and an in-depth
interview, the burden estimate is 2 hours. For all persons who decline
to participate in the interview, the burden estimate is 0.08 hours (5
minutes) and includes the respondent's time to be screened in a brief
call (see table below).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 8,247.1 hours. This
includes interviewing hours for the baseline telephone survey, the in-
depth in-person interviews and the follow-up telephone survey. See the
table below for estimated total annual burden for each type of
respondent by type of interview.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Estimated
number of Responses Total annual average number Estimated
Respondent type Instrument/s respondents annually per responses of hours per total hours
\1\ respondent response
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Entrants.............................. Baseline only............... 3572 1 3572 0.50 1786.0
Baseline & Follow-Up........ 4001 2 8002 0.50 4001.0
Baseline & In-depth......... 45 2 90 \2\ 1.0 90.0
Refuse/Ineligible........... 2282 1 2282 0.08 182.6
Current SNAP Participants................. Baseline only............... 3957 1 3957 0.50 1978.5
Baseline & In-depth......... 45 2 90 \2\ 1.0 90.0
Refuse/Ineligible........... 1488 1 1488 0.08 119.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total................................. ............................ 15,390 .............. 19,481 .............. 8,247.1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Assumes 10 percent of the full sample (1,100 of new entrants and 610 of current SNAP participants) will not be contacted due to invalid or
incomplete contact information.
\2\ Average of 1.5 hours for the in-depth interview and 0.5 hours for the baseline interview.
Dated: December 8, 2010.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-31550 Filed 12-15-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
