Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - NV (EDECHNV)

USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Status: Completed

Conditions: Food Insecurity Among Children

Treatments: Other: Nevada Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Demonstration Benefits

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT04253743

AG-3198-C-14-0019 (Nevada)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity. Demonstration projects were funded in Chickasaw Nation, Kentucky, Navajo Nation, Nevada, and Virginia. This study focuses on Nevada.

SNAP households were randomly assigned to receive either: (1) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per eligible child (<5 years) per month; (2) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per eligible child per month plus case management and nutrition education; or (3) only regular monthly SNAP benefit. The first two groups were the treatment arms and the third was the control group.

Full description

Objectives: To (1) reduce food insecurity among children; (2) increase enrollment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and other nutrition assistance programs; and (3) improve nutrition and healthy shopping habits through nutrition education.

Target Population: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households with children under age 5 and incomes below 75 percent of the Federal Poverty Level living in Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Intervention: SNAP households were randomly assigned to receive either: (1) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per eligible child (<5 years) per month; (2) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per eligible child per month plus case management and nutrition education; or (3) only regular monthly SNAP benefit. The first two groups were the treatment arms and the third was the control group.

The two treatment groups were ultimately combined because of the low uptake of case management and nutrition education.

Enrollment: 7,246 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 4 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households with children under age 5 and incomes below 75 percent of the Federal Poverty Level living in Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7,246 participants in 2 patient groups

Nevada Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Demonstration Benefits

Experimental group

Description:

SNAP households were randomly assigned to receive either: (1) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per eligible child (\<5 years) per month (n=1,919); (2) $40 extra in SNAP benefits per eligible child per month plus case management and nutrition education (n=1,919); or (3) only regular monthly SNAP benefit (n=7,467). The first two groups were the treatment arms and the third was the control group.

Treatment:

Other: Nevada Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Demonstration Benefits

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received regularly allotted SNAP benefits.