Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Dr. Heflin conducts policy-relevant research that sits at the boundaries of sociology, economics, public health, public administration, and women’s studies. The broad aim of her research is to understand the processes that create systems and patterns of social stratification and, more specifically, to examine welfare policy and the well-being of vulnerable populations, with a particular emphasis on the causes and consequences of material hardship. In a recent project, Dr. Heflin analyzed how specific shocks to family stability, such as unemployment or becoming disabled, lead to particular kinds of material hardship, such as medical or housing hardship. Other recent projects have examined how the population using food stamps and unemployment insurance has changed with the Great Recession; how the experience of material hardship affects couples’ decisions to marry; how children’s participation in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) affects their households’ overall food insecurity; and how veterans’ well-being and social program participation compares to that of other groups.
Education
Sociology, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Public Policy, Master of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Social Sciences, BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects
Employment Instability as a Barrier to Child Care
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1/15/20 → 1/14/21
Project: Research project
SNAP Uptake and School Readiness in Virginia
Heflin, C. & Rothbart, M.
8/14/18 → 9/14/20
Project: Research project
Creating Evidence-Based Strategies to Address Administrative Churn in SNAP
8/1/18 → 7/30/20
Project: Research project
Does Child Support Increase Self-sufficiency?: Results from Virginia
National Institutes of Health/DHHS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3/1/18 → 2/28/19
Project: Research project
Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Scholars Network
Administration for Children and Families/DHHS, University of Missouri - Columbia
9/30/17 → 9/29/18
Project: Research project
Research Output
Administrative Churn in SNAP and Health Care Utilization Patterns
Heflin, C., Hodges, L. & Ojinnaka, C., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Medical Care.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Adolescent food insecurity and risky behaviors and mental health during the transition to adulthood
Heflin, C., Kukla-Acevedo, S. & Darolia, R., Oct 1 2019, In : Children and Youth Services Review. 105, 104416.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Scopus
citations
Design Flaws: Consequences of the Coverage Gap in Food Programs for Children at Kindergarten Entry
Arteaga, I., Heflin, C. & Parsons, S., Jan 1 2019, In : Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 41, 2, p. 265-283 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Experimental evidence of a work support strategy that is effective for at-risk families: The building Nebraska families program
Meckstroth, A., Moore, Q., Burwick, A., Heflin, C., Ponza, M. & McCay, J., Sep 1 2019, In : Social Service Review. 93, 3, p. 389-428 40 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
SNAP benefits and childhood asthma
Heflin, C., Arteaga, I., Hodges, L., Ndashiyme, J. F. & Rabbitt, M. P., Jan 1 2019, In : Social Science and Medicine. 220, p. 203-211 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
4
Scopus
citations
Press and Media
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: SNAP Helps 1.3 Million Low-Income Veterans, Including Thousands in Every State
Andrew S London & Colleen Heflin
1/8/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
SNAP HELPS 1.3 MILLION LOW-INCOME VETERANS, INCLUDING THOUSANDS IN EVERY STATE
Andrew S London & Colleen Heflin
1/8/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
New federal rules could deny SNAP to thousands Beginning in January, work requirements will be more strictly enforced
12/22/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thousands here may lose food stamps under fed rule Food stamps Onondaga County wouldn’t qualify for high-unemployment exemption
12/21/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thousands in Onondaga County may lose food stamps under federal rule change
12/20/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment