In the News: Colleen Heflin
Heflin and Rothbart receive grant to study SNAP and school readiness
Colleen Heflin and Michah Rothbart, professor and assistant professor, respectively, of public administration and international affairs, have received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to research the relationship between student participation in the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and school readiness. The results of the study will help the USDA understand both the effectiveness and efficiency of the SNAP program.
Heflin weighs in on NY's childhood poverty rates in Ithaca Journal
"The workforce is not going to be as dynamic as other parts of the country," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs. "It's going to be a pull on our economy going forward," because children growing up in poverty traditionally have lower educational attainment and wages.
Heflin study on SNAP benefits, pregnancy-related ER trips published
Heflin study on impact of food program coverage gap published in AEPP
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Heflin article on coverage gap in food programs for children in kindergarden published in AEP&P
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Heflin article on food pantry assistance and the Great Recession published in JHEN
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Heflin study on material hardship published in Social Problems
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Colleen Heflin examines the intersection of food security, welfare policy, and health
"Typically people who qualify for higher SNAP benefits are in the worst health, so this suggests there is something really protective about the SNAP benefits," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
Colleen Heflin examines the intersection of food security, welfare policy and health
"Typically people who qualify for higher SNAP benefits are in the worst health, so this suggests there is something really protective about the SNAP benefits," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
Heflin study on food insecurity, childhood health and cognitive development published in JFI
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Heflin study on SNAP benefits and emergency room visits for hypoglycaemia published in PHN
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Heflin paper on aging out of WIC and food security on households with children published in CYSR
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Heflin study on family instability and material hardship published in JF&EI
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Heflin study on why emergency food assistance users report being food secure published in JHEN
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Heflin paper on the Great Recession and SNAP caseloads published in Journal of Poverty
Heflin, London article on SNAP use among military, veterans and reservists published in PR&PR
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Heflin article on racial and ethnic disparities in food insufficiency published in JSSWR
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Heflin, London, Wilmoth analysis of economic well-being among older adults published in JGSW
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Heflin study on CACFP and food insecurity published in Social Services Review
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