Tapping SNAP Households Surveys to Help Inform Policy--Updated Results Tuesday, September 29, 3:00 p.m. Eastern (2:00 p.m. Central, 1:00 p.m. Mountain, 12:00 p.m. Pacific) As of March 2020, Fresh EBT has surveyed SNAP households twice a month, in every state, to understand how circumstances in their lives are changing: tracking everything from food insecurity and housing to receipt of economic impact payments and unemployment insurance. This is the second of a monthly installment to share how SNAP households have been impacted in the wake of the pandemic. Moderator: Ellen Vollinger, FRAC Legal Director
Speaker: Stacy Taylor, Propel Head of Partnerships and Policy Propel builds modern, respectful, and effective technology that helps low-income Americans improve their financial lives. They are the creators of Fresh EBT, a free app used by over 4 million Americans across the country to manage their food stamp (SNAP) benefits. Propel is a mission-driven for-profit company and was recently named a semi-finalist in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Emergency Response Innovation Challenge for its response to COVID-19 and is a winner of The New York Times’ Good Tech Award in 2019. To learn more, visit joinpropel.com. | |
