Grocery Assistance Program Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Food Assistance

In brief

This highly innovative experimental trial is designed to examine the independent and joint effects of prohibiting the use of SNAP-like benefits to purchase foods high in discretionary calories and offering an incentive to encourage the purchase of more healthful foods.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02643576

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

296

Starts

2013-04-01

Expected to finish

2016-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 18 years of age
• Primary food shopper of household
• Not currently participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Not planning to apply for SNAP in the next 4 months
• Able to read and write in English
• ≤ 8 people living in household
• Have a gross monthly income level that places the household at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level for their household size.

You may not qualify if…

• < 18 years of age
• Not primary food shopper of household
• Currently participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Planning to apply for SNAP in the next 4 months
• Unable to read and write in English
• > 8 people living in household
• Have a gross monthly income level that places the household above 200 percent of the Federal poverty level for their household size

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota School of Public Health — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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