Data & Publications

Utah data

• October Survey -  Utah State Office of Education -A survey of the free, reduced price and paid eligible students enrolled in all Utah schools that operate the National School Lunch Program. The survey is performed once a year on the last operating day in October.  This is a link to the most updated survey and surveys from prior years.
• Food Stamp Caseload Trend – DWS (click on image to the far right)
• Utah Household Food Stamp Profile (click on image below)

National data

USDA

• Lifeline for Families, Support for the Economy. – Congressional Report on benefits of SNAP – Nov 2011
• Food Insecurity in the U.S. – Economic Research Service – Sept 2011
• State Fact Sheets – Economic Research Service
• Food Desert Locator
• Food Environment Atlas
• Characteristics of Food Stamp/SNAP households by congressional district

from national partners

Food Research and Action Center

• FRAC Summer Nutrition Status Report 2011
• Food Hardship report – August 2011
• Poverty Statistics
• The Cost of Food

Center on Budget Policy and Priorities

• “House-Passed Proposal to Block-Grant and Cut SNAP (Food Stamps) Rests on False Claims About Program Growth” – June 7, 2011

Feeding America

• Child Food Insecurity:  The Economic Impact on our Nation – A report on research on the impact of food insecurity and hunger on child health, growth and development.      (includes an Executive Summary (which includes definitions of key terms))