Examining SNAP and TANF caseload trends, responsiveness, and policies during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Abstract

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cases increased by 3.3 million between March and June 2020, their largest quarterly increase ever. During the pandemic, many states adopted a wide set of policies and procedures to facilitate program enrollment, retention, and eligibility. I track these policies and create a pandemic policy index measuring state generosity. States that adopted more generous policies experienced larger TANF and SNAP caseload growth, especially eligibility policies such as exempting TANF work requirements or SNAP P-EBT availability. Analyzing the caseload relationship to labor markets, caseloads were less responsive to unemployment rate changes during the pandemic relative to the pre-pandemic period.

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Hembre, E. (2023). Examining SNAP and TANF caseload trends, responsiveness, and policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Contemporary Economic Policy, 41(2), 262–281. https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12596

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