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    • Benefit Redemption Patterns in SNAP: Fiscal Year 2017

    Metadata Updated: May 8, 2025

    This report examines patterns of SNAP benefit redemption in Fiscal Year 2017, particularly related to the timing and amount of transactions and the rate at which households​ exhaust their benefits. Patterns in Fiscal Year 2017 are compared with findings from two similar studies conducted for Fiscal Years 2003 and 2009. This study also examines spending behaviors identified as atypical – months in which a benefit is received but the household does not make a transaction, an ending monthly balance greater than $200, and out-of-state transactions that occur beyond the state’s border counties.​

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 6, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 6, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2025
    Publisher Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
    Maintainer
    Identifier USDA-FNS-142
    Data First Published 2020-12-04
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-07-13
    Rights true
    Category SNAP Benefits Redemption
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 000:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id f9e5d594-3645-42a9-b71d-d96717ae71aa
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 000:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash bd09b241be80831420730fd0a929639ca0afc53fd4e9f8aafd8291086189945c
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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