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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Waivers and Adaptations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of State Agency Perspective in 2020

We are pleased to share our new report—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Waivers and Adaptations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of State Agency Perspective in 2020—co-written with researchers from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Health and Social Policy based at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This report synthesizes the results from our nationwide online survey with state SNAP administrators that sought to understand the opportunities and challenges to implementing federal waivers during the pandemic.

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Advancing Productive Narratives

Check out the newest section of our website dedicated to advancing productive narratives that help us find common ground and advance solutions across health and human services. Explore Advancing Productive Narratives page.

APHSA and Share Our Strength Partner to Support Innovative SNAP Efforts in Six States

Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign will invest nearly $2 million in six states to advance SNAP agency innovation and interagency coordination to combat childhood hunger. Each project will be carried out over an 18-month grant period with support from APHSA. APHSA will facilitate cohort learning and exchange, provide technical assistance to funded sites, disseminate lessons learned, and distill policy implications to broader SNAP and WIC stakeholder networks. Read press release.

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