Local Control, Discretion, and Administrative Burden: SNAP Interview Waivers and Caseloads During the COVID-19 Pandemic

IF 2.5 2区管理学 Q2 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

American Review of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-07-16 DOI:10.1177/02750740231186423

C. Heflin, W. C. Fannin, Leonard M. Lopoo

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Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture waived the certification interview for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), substantially reducing the administrative burden associated with SNAP application for both applicants and agencies. Using primary policy data collected from ten county-administered states, we find that only 27% of counties implemented the interview waiver. Further, models of local decision-making indicate that public health risk, demographic vulnerability and economic need, and political orientation in the county were not statistically significant predictors of waiver use. Finally, we find that the waiver choice did affect SNAP caseloads: using difference-in-difference models that make use of the natural experiment, we find that counties that adopted the SNAP interview waivers experienced a 5% increase in SNAP caseloads.

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本地控制、自由裁量权和行政负担:2019冠状病毒病大流行期间SNAP面谈豁免和病例量

在新冠肺炎大流行期间，美国农业部放弃了补充营养援助计划（SNAP）的认证面试，大大减轻了申请人和机构申请SNAP的行政负担。使用从10个县管理的州收集的主要政策数据，我们发现只有27%的县实施了面谈豁免。此外，地方决策模型表明，该县的公共卫生风险、人口脆弱性和经济需求以及政治取向在统计上并不是豁免使用的显著预测因素。最后，我们发现豁免选择确实影响了SNAP的案件数量：使用利用自然实验的差异模型，我们发现采用SNAP面谈豁免的县的SNAP案件数量增加了5%。

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American Review of Public Administration PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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12.10

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