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May 2006, Vol 96, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 807-809
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.066977

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Barriers to Participation in the Food Stamp Program Among Food Pantry Clients in Los Angeles

Susan J. Algert, PhD, RD, Michael Reibel, PhD and Marian J. Renvall, MS, RD

Susan J. Algert and Michael Reibel are with California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and Marian J. Renvall is with the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Susan J. Algert, Human Nutrition and Food Science Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768 (e-mail: salgert{at}csupomona.edu).

Substantial numbers of food pantry clients are eligible for food stamps but do not receive them. Background characteristics of 14317 food pantry users in Los Angeles were analyzed to provide information helpful in food stamp outreach programs. Ninety percent of food pantry users were living well below poverty level, 59% were Hispanic, and 44% were homeless. Only 15% of the food pantry clients received food stamps, with homelessness and limited English language skills acting as barriers to food stamp program participation.




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