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The Effect of Work Requirements in SNAP in Virginia

Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM) · with Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) · NCT04888832

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–49 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
12500
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 1, 2024
Record last updated
March 5, 2025

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What the study is about

More than a dozen states have proposed or plan to implement work requirements in Medicaid, and similar requirements already exist nationally in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), yet evidence on the effects of these policies is limited. In cooperation with the state of Virginia, the investigators plan to conduct a randomized controlled trial studying the impacts of work requirements in public programs on insurance coverage, SNAP participation, employment, and health, with a particular focus on changes in racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in these outcomes. The COVID-19 epidemic and concurrent economic downturn creates additional urgency around these issues, and the investigators will use a combination of national administrative data and a new population survey to assess disparities in employment, health care, and food insecurity during this crisis.

Being studied: Work requirement exemption months

Conditions: Health Disparities; Food Security

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Eligible for Virginia's SNAP program as an "able-bodied adult without dependents" (ABAWD) and thus subject to work requirements (this eligibility is age restricted to 18-49)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Categorical exemption from work requirements for any reason (e.g., has a disability, has dependents, resides in a geographic area where work requirements have been waived due to elevated employment)

Recruiting US locations

  • Virginia Department of Social Services (Home Office)

    Glen Allen, VA 23060

    Site contact: Heeju Jang-Paulsen · HeeJu.Jang-Paulsen@dss.virginia.gov

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Timothy J Layton, PhD · 573-353-1566 · Layton@hcp.med.harvard.edu
  • Adrianna McIntyre, PhD · 5863068889 · amcintyre@g.harvard.edu
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