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Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop (1999)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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Appendix

Workshop Agenda and Participants

Workshop on the Evaluation of Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform

Committee on National Statistics

Board on Children, Youth, and Families

Food and Nutrition Board

February 12-13, 1998

Thursday, February 12, 1998, NAS Lecture Room

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00

Welcome and Introduction

Charles Manski, Workshop Chair

Barbara Boyle Torrey, Executive Director, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Eileen Kennedy, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Susan Offutt, Administrator, Economic Research Service

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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9:30

SESSION I. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? (Presenters will be asked to make a 10- to 15-minute presentation highlighting the key issues in his/her respective area.)

A. Overview of current food assistance programs (e.g., food stamps, WIC, school lunch/breakfast)

George Braley, Food and Nutrition Service

B. Relationship of food assistance programs to recent welfare program changes

Harold Beebout, Mathematica Policy Research

C. Economic well-being

Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University

D. Program delivery (How programs operate administratively, their efficiency, effectiveness and the associated costs, and are they reaching the target populations?)

James Ohls, Mathematica Policy Research

10:30

BREAK

10:45

DISCUSSION (Discussion of current efforts to evaluate programs and appropriate outcome and performance measures.)

Discussants:

Christine Olson, Cornell University (Food Stamps)

Barbara Devaney, Mathematica Policy Research (WIC/School Lunch)

Cutberto Garza, Cornell University

Jean Jones, Congressional Research Service (Federal Programs)

Glenn Nelson, Rural Policy Research Institute (Rural Issues)

12:00 p.m.

LUNCH

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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1:00

SESSION II. HOW CAN THESE ISSUES BEST BE STUDIED? (Presenters will introduce the topics listed below, followed by discussion of approaches to program evaluation)

A. Past approaches to evaluation of food assistance programs

Steven Carlson, Food and Nutrition Service

B. Useful models from evaluation of other types of assistance programs (Presentation will include welfare reform program evaluation)

Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University

Rebecca Maynard, University of Pennsylvania

1:45

DISCUSSION OF SESSION II

Discussants:

Chris Hamilton, Abt Associates

Robert Hauser, University of Wisconsin

Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University

James Ohls, Mathematica Policy Research

3:00

BREAK

3:15

SESSION III. DATA RESOURCES AND NEEDS

A. What data currently exist?

Ronette Briefel, National Center for Health Statistics [National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)]

Alanna Moshfegh, USDA/ARS (Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals/Diet and Health Knowledge Survey)

B. State-level data

Mary Brogdon, National Association of Human Service Quality Control Directors (NAHSQC), State of Minnesota

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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4:00

DISCUSSION: What data are needed?

Discussants:

John Geweke, University of Minnesota

Susan Mayer, University of Chicago

5:00

GENERAL DISCUSSION Moderator: Charles Manski (summary observations from participants and observers)

5:30

ADJOURN

Friday, February 13, 1998, BOARD ROOM

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00

SESSION IV. IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES FOR EVALUATION OF FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

(All participants will be asked to reflect on the discussions and their expertise to suggest priorities for future studies of food assistance programs.)

10:30

SESSION V. IMPLICATIONS OF SPECIFIC APPROACHES/TRADE-OFFS

(All participants will be given the opportunity to address potential barriers to successful evaluation studies, trade-offs in allocation of available funding resources. Two or three key people will be asked to be prepared to raise provocative issues for discussion.)

Possible topics for discussion:

    1.  

    Short-term vs long-term studies

    2.  

    Data needs

    3.  

    Costs of studies

    4.  

    Value of results

    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    Discussants:

    Rebecca Blank, Council of Economic Advisors

    Shiriki Kumanyika, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Patricia Ruggles, Department of Health and Human Services

    John Karl Scholz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury

    12:00 p.m.

    LUNCH

    1:00

    SESSION VI. CONSIDERATION OF NEXT STEPS

    (It is expected that the majority of participants will leave after lunch. But a select group of participants will be asked to stay and offer their evaluation of the workshop and present their ideas for future directions in this area. Discussion will be held to identify possible activities that the NRC could conduct to further advancement in this field.)

    2:30 pm

    ADJOURN

    Participants

    CHARLES MANSKI (Workshop Chair), Department of Economics, Northwestern University

    LORNA ALDRICH, Economic Research Service

    RAJEN ANAND, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

    ALYSSA ARCOS, Promar International

    RICHARD BAVIER, Office of Management and Budget

    HAROLD BEEBOUT, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

    STEPHEN BELL, Urban Institute

    KARIL BIALOSTOSKY, National Center for Health Statistics

    REBECCA M. BLANK, Council of Economic Advisers

    JIM BLAYLOCK, Economic Research Service

    MARGARET L. BOGLE, Delta NIRI Project, Arkansas

    LORI BORRUD, Agricultural Research Service

    GEORGE BRALEY, Food and Nutrition Service

    RONETTE R. BRIEFEL, Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics

    MARY BROGDON, National Association of Human Service Quality Control Directors, Minnesota

    TOM CARLIN, Economic Research Service

    STEVEN CARLSON, Office of Analysis and Evaluation, Food and Nutrition Service

    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    SID CLEMANS, Office of Budget and Program Analysis

    KEITH COLLINS, Economic Research Service

    JOHN COOK, Tufts University

    EDWARD M. COONEY, Food and Nutrition Service

    ELIZABETH DAGATA, Economic Research Service

    STACY DEAN, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

    BARBARA DEVANEY, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

    MARY KAY FOX, Abt Associates

    BETSY FRAZAO, Economic Research Service

    VIVIAN GABOR, Health Systems Research

    CUTBERTO GARZA, Division of Nutrition Sciences, Cornell University

    PETER GERMANIS, American Enterprise Institute

    JOHN GEWEKE, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota

    LINDA GHELFI, Economic Research Service

    ROBERT GIBBS, Economic Research Service

    ELISE GOLAN, Economic Research Service

    LARRY GOOLSBY, American Public Welfare Association

    CRAIG GUNDERSEN, Economic Research Service

    CHRIS HAMILTON, Abt Associates

    SHANNON HAMM, Economic Research Service

    KENNETH HANSON, Economic Research Service

    MARK HARVEY, University of Wisconsin, Madison

    ROBERT HAUSER, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin

    JAY HIRSCHMAN, Food and Nutrition Service

    JANET HOLTZ BLATT, U.S. Department of the Treasury

    HOWARD IAMS, Social Security Administration

    HELEN JENSEN, Iowa State University

    JEAN JONES, Congressional Research Service

    LINDA KANTOR, Economic Research Service

    EILEEN KENNEDY, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, United States Department of Agriculture

    NANCY KIRKENDALL, Office of Management and Budget

    CAROL KRAMER-LEBLANC, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

    BETSEY KUHN, Economic Research Service

    SHIRIKI K. KUMANYIKA, Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Illinois, Chicago

    MICHAEL LeBLANC, Economic Research Service

    BILL LEVEDAHL, Economic Research Service

    CARRIE LEWIS, Food Research and Action Center

    BIING-HWAN LIN, Economic Research Service

    STEVE LUTZ, Economic Research Service

    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    ROBERT LEE MARIL, Oklahoma State University

    SUSAN E. MAYER, University of Chicago

    REBECCA MAYNARD, University of Pennsylvania

    LINDA MEYERS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    CHARLES MICHALOPOULOS, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

    ROBERT A. MOFFITT, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

    ALANNA MOSHFEGH, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

    SUZANNE MURPHY, University of California, Davis

    GLENN L. NELSON, Rural Policy Research Institute

    ABIGAIL NICHOLS, Food and Nutrition Service

    MARK NORD, Economic Research Service

    SUSAN OFFUTT, Economic Research Service

    JAMES C. OHLS, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

    VICTOR OLIVEIRA, Economic Research Service

    CHRISTINE OLSON, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

    JOE RICHARDSON, Congressional Research Service

    BEATRICE ROGERS, Tufts University

    DOTTIE ROSENBAUM, Congressional Budget Office

    PATRICIA RUGGLES, Office of Human Services Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    KATHLEEN SCHOLL, General Accounting Office

    JOHN KARL SCHOLZ, Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury

    STEPHANIE SHIPP, Bureau of the Census

    DAVID SMALLWOOD, Economic Research Service

    PAUL SMITH, U.S. Department of the Treasury

    ANN VANDEMAN, Economic Research Service

    STEPHEN J. VOGEL, Economic Research Service

    BRUCE WEBER, Oregon State University

    JON WEIMER, Economic Research Service

    BARRY WHITE, Office of Management and Budget

    SHEILA ZEDLEWSKI, The Urban Institute

    Staff

    BARBARA BOYLE TORREY, Executive Director, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    MIRON L. STRAF, Director, Committee on National Statistics

    DEBORAH PHILLIPS, Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families

    ALLISON YATES, Director, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine

    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    JANE DURCH, Senior Program Officer, Committee on National Statistics

    TERRI SCANLAN, Program Specialist, Committee on National Statistics

    TELISSIA THOMPSON, Senior Project Assistant, Committee on National Statistics

    ELIZABETH EVANSON, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Rapporteur)

    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9608.
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    This report was prepared in response to a request from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It summarizes the discussions at a February 1998 workshop convened by the Committee on National Statistics; the Board on Children, Youth, and Families; and the Food and Nutrition Board.

    The fiscal year 1998 (FY1998) appropriations bill for USDA gave ERS responsibility for all research and evaluation studies on USDA food assistance programs. The bill provided $18 million to fund these studies, an increase from $7 million in FY1997. ERS asked the Committee on National Statistics for assistance in identifying new areas of research and data collection and in further improving the evaluation studies of food assistance programs. By bringing together many who work on evaluation of food assistance programs, policy analysis, survey methods, nutrition, child nutrition and child development, outcome measurement, and state welfare programs, the issues presented and discussed at the workshop provided ERS with information that could be used to develop a framework for their research program.

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