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BILLING CODE 3410–16–C 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Study To Assess 

the Effect of Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) 

Participation on Food Security in the 

Post-American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed collection. This is a new 

collection for the contract Assessing the 

Effect of Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) 

Participation on Food Security in the 

Post-American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed data 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions that were used; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments may be sent to: Steven 

Carlson, Director, Office of Research and 

Analysis, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may 

also be submitted via fax to the attention 

of Steven Carlson at 703–305–2576 or 

via e-mail to 

Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov. Comments 

will also be accepted through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instruction for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday) at Room 

1014, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval. All comments will also 

be a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Steven Carlson on 

703–305–2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Study To Assess the Effect of 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) Participation on Food 

Security in the Post-American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 

Environment. 

OMB Number: [0584–NEW.] 

Expiration Date: [Not Yet Assigned.] 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Abstract: The Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS) administers the food and 

nutrition assistance programs in the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. SNAP, 

the new name of the Food Stamp 

Program, remains the cornerstone of the 

Nation’s nutrition assistance safety net. 

SNAP provides nutrition assistance 

benefits and nutrition education 

services to low-income individuals and 

families in an effort to reduce hunger 

and improve the health and well-being 

of low-income people and families. 

The implementation of ARRA 

presents a unique opportunity to 

measure the impact of increased 

benefits on food insecurity. For decades, 

policy makers, advocates, and those 

implementing the program have 

hypothesized that increasing benefit 

amounts would reduce food insecurity 

and, perhaps, draw more individuals 

into the program who may have been 

reticent to apply. The ARRA increases 

the maximum allotments of SNAP 

participants by 13.6 percent, eases 

eligibility requirements for childless 

adults without jobs, and provides 

additional funding to State agencies 

responsible for administering the 

program. The natural experiment 

offered by the ARRA’s benefit increase 

will be used to measure its impact on 

reducing food insecurity and hunger. 

This collection notice pertains to this 

effort, The Study To Assess the Effect of 

SNAP Participation on Food Security in 

the Post-American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Environment, 

which is funded by the FNS to 

determine whether and to what extent 

food insecurity declines with SNAP 

participation in a post-ARRA 

environment. 

The study has several objectives: (1) 

Determine how, if at all, the prevalence 

of household food insecurity and 

amount of food expenditures vary with 

SNAP participation; (2) determine how, 

if at all, the observed results vary by key 

household characteristics and 

circumstances; and (3) determine what 

factors distinguish between food secure 

and food insecure SNAP households 

with children. 

To meet the first two objectives, FNS 

will collect information from two 

representative samples: One from new 

SNAP households and one from SNAP 

households who in their current spell 

have participated in the program 6–7 

months. The new SNAP households 

will be interviewed twice—first, the 

baseline survey will occur soon after 

they have been approved to receive 

benefits and the second, the follow-up 

survey, will occur approximately 6–7 

months later for those new entrants who 

continue to participate in the SNAP 

program. 

Among households participating in 

SNAP at the time of the baseline survey, 

samples of new entrants and ongoing 

participants will be chosen for 

individual in-depth in-person 

interviews. The purpose of these 

interviews is to supplement the 

quantitative analysis of the household 

interview data by developing tentative 

generalizations and hypotheses about 

the causes and results of food 

insecurity. 

SNAP participants from 30 states will 

be sampled via a two-stage sampling 

process where the states are the first 

stage and sampled with probability 

proportional to size based on the 

number of SNAP participant households 

in each state. Within the selected states 

that agree to participate, SNAP 

participants will be randomly sampled. 

To ensure sufficient sample for the 

follow-up interviews, an oversample 

will be drawn of the new SNAP 

households for the baseline survey. 

Affected Public: Individuals/ 

Household. 

Type of Respondents: SNAP 

Participants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Out of the estimated 17,100 individuals 

initially sampled, 1,710 will not be 

contacted due to invalid or incomplete 

contact information. The remaining 

15,390 individuals in a total of 30 states 

are expected to be contacted (see table 

below). Of those, 3,770 will refuse or be 

determined to be ineligible. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1 to 2 responses. 7,529 

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only one interview. 4,001 respondents 

will have participated in both a baseline 

and follow-up interview. 90 

respondents will have participated in 

both a baseline and an in-depth 

interview. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: The 

estimated time per response varies from 

5 minutes to 2 hours. The baseline and 

follow-up interviews will each average 

0.50 hours (30 minutes). The in-depth 

interviews will average 1.50 hours (90 

minutes). Therefore, among those who 

complete both a baseline and a followup interview, the burden estimate is 1 

hour. For those who complete a baseline 

interview and an in-depth interview, the 

burden estimate is 2 hours. For all 

persons who decline to participate in 

the interview, the burden estimate is 

0.08 hours (5 minutes) and includes the 

respondent’s time to be screened in a 

brief call (see table below). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,247.1 hours. This 

includes interviewing hours for the 

baseline telephone survey, the in-depth 

in-person interviews and the follow-up 

telephone survey. See the table below 

for estimated total annual burden for 

each type of respondent by type of 

interview. 

Respondent 

type Instrument/s 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 1

Responses 

annually per 

respondent 

Total 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

average 

number of 

hours per 

response 

Estimated 

total hours 

New Entrants ...................... Baseline only ...................... 3572 1 3572 0.50 1786.0 

Baseline & Follow-Up ......... 4001 2 8002 0.50 4001.0 

Baseline & In-depth ............ 45 2 90 2 1.0 90.0 

Refuse/Ineligible ................. 2282 1 2282 0.08 182.6 

Current SNAP Participants Baseline only ...................... 3957 1 3957 0.50 1978.5 

Baseline & In-depth ............ 45 2 90 2 1.0 90.0 

Refuse/Ineligible ................. 1488 1 1488 0.08 119.0 

Total ............................. ............................................. 15,390 ........................ 19,481 ........................ 8,247.1 

1Assumes 10 percent of the full sample (1,100 of new entrants and 610 of current SNAP participants) will not be contacted due to invalid or 

incomplete contact information. 2Average of 1.5 hours for the in-depth interview and 0.5 hours for the baseline interview. 

Dated: December 8, 2010. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31550 Filed 12–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Emergency Food Assistance Program; 

Availability of Foods for Fiscal Year 

2011 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

surplus and purchased foods that the 

Department expects to make available 

for donation to States for use in 

providing nutrition assistance to the 

needy under The Emergency Food 

Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011. The foods made 

available under this notice must, at the 

discretion of the State, be distributed to 

eligible recipient agencies for use in 

preparing meals and/or for distribution 

to households for home consumption. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashley Bress, Policy Branch, Food 

Distribution Division, Food and 

Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302–1594 or 

telephone (703) 305–2662. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the provisions set forth 

in the Emergency Food Assistance Act 

of 1983 (EFAA), 7 U.S.C. 7501, et seq., 

and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 

7 U.S.C. 2036, the Department makes 

foods available to States for use in 

providing nutrition assistance to those 

in need through TEFAP. In accordance 

with section 214 of the EFAA, 7 U.S.C. 

7515, 60 percent of each State’s share of 

TEFAP foods is based on the number of 

people with incomes below the poverty 

level within the State and 40 percent on 

the number of unemployed persons 

within the State. State officials are 

responsible for establishing the network 

through which the foods will be used by 

eligible recipient agencies (ERA) in 

providing nutrition assistance to those 

in need, and for allocating foods among 

those ERAs. States have full discretion 

in determining the amount of foods that 

will be made available to ERAs for use 

in preparing meals and/or for 

distribution to households for home 

consumption. 

The types of foods the Department 

expects to make available to States for 

distribution through TEFAP in FY 2011 

are described below. 

Surplus Foods 

Surplus foods donated for distribution 

under TEFAP are Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) foods purchased 

under the authority of section 416 of the 

Agricultural Act of 1949, 7 U.S.C. 1431 

(section 416) and foods purchased 

under the surplus removal authority of 

section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 

7 U.S.C. 612c (section 32). The types of 

foods typically purchased under section 

416 include dairy, grains, oils, and 

peanut products. The types of foods 

purchased under section 32 include 

meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, dry 

beans, juices, and fruits. 

Approximately $155.9 million in 

surplus foods acquired in FY 2010 are 

being delivered to States in FY 2011. 

These foods include potatoes, cranapple juice, apple juice, cranberry 

sauce, dried cranberries, dried cherries, 

strawberries, applesauce, wild 

blueberries, mixed fruit, strawberry 

cups, peaches, pears, plums, dates, fig 

pieces, chicken leg quarters, beef round 

roast, lamb shoulder chops, pork patties, 

and catfish strips. Other surplus foods 

may be made available to TEFAP 

throughout the year. The Department 

would like to point out that food 

acquisitions are based on changing 

agricultural market conditions; 

therefore, the availability of foods is 

subject to change. 

Purchased Foods 

In accordance with section 27 of the 

Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 

U.S.C. 2036, the Secretary is directed to 

purchase about $246.5 million worth of 

foods in FY 2011 for distribution 

through TEFAP. These foods are made 


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