@article{c373d738157b422191f2666c120696e2,
title = "When States Align Social Welfare Programs: Considering the Child Support Income Exclusion for SNAP",
abstract = "Objective: In the United States, state social services rarely coordinate across departments, a practice that could both increase receipt and reduce administrative burden. The purpose of this article is to investigate the state-level conditions associated with the adoption of policies that benefit participants in multiple social welfare programs, focusing on the case of the child support income exclusion for SNAP benefit eligibility calculations. Methods: Using annual data for each of the states (including the District of Columbia), we estimate multiple analyses to test three hypotheses regarding which factors are associated with policy adoption. Results: We find that collaboration across social programs is more likely as state income tax revenues increase and when administrative costs are lower. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that state revenue and administrative costs are associated with state interagency alignment but find only weak evidence that political ideology is a factor.",
author = "Heflin, {Colleen M.} and Lopoo, {Leonard M.} and Mattie Mackenzie-Liu",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin (808K253 to C.M.H. and L.M.L.). We are grateful to Kathyrn Law, Director of the SNAP Analysis and Research Division of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, who shared all of the data used in the February 2019 report (Geller et al., 2019). Exploring the Causes of State Variation in SNAP Administrative Costs Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin (808K253 to C.M.H. and L.M.L.). We are grateful to Kathyrn Law, Director of the SNAP Analysis and Research Division of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, who shared all of the data used in the February 2019 report Exploring the Causes of State Variation in SNAP Administrative Costs (Geller et?al., 2019). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 by the Southwestern Social Science Association Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/ssqu.12864",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "101",
pages = "2272--2288",
journal = "Social Science Quarterly",
issn = "0038-4941",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "6",
}