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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYSOME ELIGIBLE PEOPLE ACTUALLY ARE TOO PROUD TO BEG:RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCREASING FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATIONOF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDSBy John GirdwoodThe Food Stamp Program traces its earliest origins back to the Food StampPlan, which began in 1939 to help needy families in the Depression Era. The modern program began as a pilot project in 1961 and was authorized as a permanent programin 1964. Today, the federal Food Stamp Program exists within the State of Michiganin the form of the "Bridge Card" and is managed by the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS), Even though there are 586,000 Food Assistance Programcases in Michigan with more than 1.2 million persons receiving benefits, this is far less than a 100% participation rate for those who are eligible.Current pending State of Michigan legislation to split benefit disbursementsinto bi-monthly payouts is just one of numerous ways that Food Stamp participationis set up to be confusing, complicated, and almost not worth the time and effortnecessary to gain the benefits. It was the goal of the researcher to discover commonalities within groups who chose not to participate, although eligible, in theFood Stamp Program.
 
The researcher analyzed six USDA pilot programs developed to address theissues of non-enrollment by eligible parties. The researcher synthesized three problematic elements from that research. Those three elements were combined withthe researcher's own additional conclusions to form a set of six barriers to enrollmentwhich can be overcome utilizing the following recommendations: simpler eligibilitystandards, application assistance, commodity packages, distribution of moreinformation about the FSP, providing easier access to Food Stamps, and overcomingthe lack of knowledge about the FSP.The researcher concluded that the best approach to developing an all-encompassing program plan was to address each and every element of the problem.Once the six proposed solutions are enacted, ultimately an increase in Food Stamp participation will logically follow.
 
 SOME ELIGIBLE PEOPLE ACTUALLY ARE TOO PROUD TO BEG:RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCREASING FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATION OFELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDSMSA 685 Project ReportSubmitted in Partial Fulfillment of Requirementsfor the Degree of Master of Science in Administration(Concentration in Non-Profit Management) byJohn Girdwood1811Project Instructor Dr. Beverly JonesApril 2008
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