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Abstract: The nutrition safety net provides critical support to millions of
food insecure households, but many still fall through the cracks, and need for assistance
has only increased during the country's recent economic downturn. Outreach efforts to
facilitate uptake into public programs is one strategy to address this problem. Emergency
food providers (EFPs), such as food pantries and soup ... read morekitchens, are promising candidates to
provide outreach services, but reservations exist about EFP capacity and interest to do so.
Using a mixed-mode survey of EFPs in eastern Massachusetts, this study shows that outreach
is common among EFPs, but only a small subset of agencies provides complex outreach
services, such as prescreening and application assistance. Secular agencies and those
housed within larger organizations are significantly more likely to conduct outreach.
Opportunities for EFPs to adopt activities beyond food distribution shed light on the
untapped potential of EFPs to strengthen safety net programs.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and
Planning.
Advisor: Laurie Goldman.
Committee: Laurie Goldman, and Parke Wilde.
Keywords: Urban planning, Public policy, and Nutrition.read less
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