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Use of Food Stamp Program, Estimated Number (7.1.1N)

As shown in Table 7.1.1N, the data reviewed above imply that substantial numbers of A2H clients participate in the food stamp program.

Table 7.1.1N
USE OF FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

	Pantry Client Households	Kitchen Client Households	Shelter Client Households	All Client Households
Client or anyone in the household had applied for food stamps	5,769,400	702,200	478,700	6,974,700
Client or anyone in the household currently receiving food stamps	3,175,900	333,500	253,400	3,762,800
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS	8,600,000	1,000,000	670,000	10,270,000

Note:   
See Appendix B for the estimated number of people served in subgroups of A2H clients.

Columns in this table do not exactly add up to the column total.  This discrepancy occurs because tables showing percentage distributions are weighted with the monthly weight, while the number of clients presented in this table is estimated at the annual level.  Because the relationship between the monthly and annual weights varies across individuals depending on the frequency of visits to program sites, applying annual estimates to a monthly snapshot of percentage distributions results in small discrepancies in column totals.

Key findings are:

• Approximately 3.8 million A2H households participate in the Food Stamp Program.
• This number includes:  approximately 3.2 million pantry households, 0.3 million kitchen household and 0.3 million shelter households.  (Numbers do not add due to rounding.)