Food Insecurity Among ChildrenEDECHKYNCT04283344
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - KY
A study testing KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits in people with Food Insecurity Among Children, run by USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
Trial summary
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity. Demonstration projects were funded in Chickasaw Nation, Kentucky, Navajo Nation, Nevada, and Virginia. This study focuses on Kentucky. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages Up to 17 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Food Insecurity Among Children
- What is being tested?
- KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 4,504 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Jan 2017to Mar 2018
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Up to 17 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- SNAP households with: (1) positive net income, (2) at least one child under the age of 18 by the end of the demonstration period, and (3) living in 17 geographically isolated and poor counties in eastern Kentucky.
Who cannot join
- -
About this study
Official title: Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - Kentucky
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity. Demonstration projects were funded in Chickasaw Nation, Kentucky, Navajo Nation, Nevada, and Virginia. This study focuses on Kentucky.
Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula: (1) a fixed deduction, depending on county of residence, for transportation costs for six round trips to the grocery store per month; and (2) an earnings deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income for households with at least one employed household member. Households in the control group continued to receive their regular monthly SNAP benefit amounts.
Read the detailed description
Objective: To reduce child food insecurity in rural households by raising Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to offset higher transportation costs and further strengthen SNAP work incentives.
Target Population: SNAP households with: (1) positive net income, (2) at least one child under the age of 18 by the end of the demonstration period, and (3) living in 17 geographically isolated and poor counties in eastern Kentucky.
Intervention: Households were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula: (1) a fixed deduction, depending on county of residence, for transportation costs for six round trips to the grocery store per month; and (2) an earnings deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income for households with at least one employed household member. Households in the control group continued to receive their regular monthly SNAP benefit amounts.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity Among Children
- Being tested
- KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits
- Keywords
- Food Security, Hunger, Rural, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Food expenditures
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
KY Ticket to Healthy Food BenefitsOther
Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits | Experimental | Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula: (1) a fixed deduction, depending on county of residence, for transportation costs for six round trips to the grocery store per month; and (2) an earnings deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income for households with at least one employed household member. Receives: Other: KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits |
| Control Group | No intervention | Households in the control group continued to receive their regular monthly SNAP benefit amounts. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Food Insecurity among Children
Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).
Affirming 2 or more out of the 8 child-level items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.
Measured: 30 days
Secondary outcomes (4)
Very Low Food Insecurity among Children
Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).
Affirming 5 or more out of the 8 child-level items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.
Measured: 30 days
Food Insecurity among Adults
Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).
Affirming 3 or more out of the 10 adult-level items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.
Measured: 30 days
Household Food Insecurity
Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).
Affirming 3 or more out of the 18 items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.
Measured: 30 days
Food Expenditures
Total amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and out-of-pocket food purchases in dollars.
Measured: 30 days
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Feb 2020
- Study startJan 2017
- Primary completionMar 2018
- Study completionMar 2018
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Food Insecurity Among ChildrenStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 4,504 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
- Sponsor type
- US federal agency
- Collaborators
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Michael P Burke, PhD, Study director, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04283344
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AG-3198-C-14-0019 (Kentucky)
- Acronym
- EDECHKY
- Status last verified
- Feb 2020
- First submitted
- 12 Dec 2019
- Last updated
- 25 Feb 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Public-use data files are available by request by contacting Michael Burke (michael.burke@usda.gov) or the Office of Policy Support within the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 25 Feb 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - Kentucky
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04283344
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- EDECHKY / AG-3198-C-14-0019 (Kentucky)
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity Among Children
- Keywords
- Food Security, Hunger, Rural, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Food expenditures
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 4,504 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition ServiceUS federal agency
- Collaborators
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
- Study start
- Jan 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Mar 2018 (actual)
- Study completion
- Mar 2018 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Feb 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity. Demonstration projects were funded in Chickasaw Nation, Kentucky, Navajo Nation, Nevada, and Virginia. This study focuses on Kentucky.
Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula: (1) a fixed deduction, depending on county of residence, for transportation costs for six round trips to the grocery store per month; and (2) an earnings deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income for households with at least one employed household member. Households in the control group continued to receive their regular monthly SNAP benefit amounts.
Detailed description
Objective: To reduce child food insecurity in rural households by raising Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to offset higher transportation costs and further strengthen SNAP work incentives.
Target Population: SNAP households with: (1) positive net income, (2) at least one child under the age of 18 by the end of the demonstration period, and (3) living in 17 geographically isolated and poor counties in eastern Kentucky.
Intervention: Households were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. Households in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula: (1) a fixed deduction, depending on county of residence, for transportation costs for six round trips to the grocery store per month; and (2) an earnings deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income for households with at least one employed household member. Households in the control group continued to receive their regular monthly SNAP benefit amounts.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits | Experimental | Other: KY Ticket to Healthy Food BenefitsHouseholds in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula: (1) a fixed deduction, depending on county of residence, for transportation costs for six round trips to the grocery store per month; and (2) an earnings deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income for households with at least one employed household member. |
| Control Group | No intervention | –Households in the control group continued to receive their regular monthly SNAP benefit amounts. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- Up to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- SNAP households with: (1) positive net income, (2) at least one child under the age of 18 by the end of the demonstration period, and (3) living in 17 geographically isolated and poor counties in eastern Kentucky.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- -
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| KY Ticket to Healthy Food BenefitsHouseholds in the treatment group received an extra monthly SNAP benefit amount through two new intervention-related deductions to the SNAP benefit formula | Other | KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits |
Primary outcome
Food Insecurity among Children
Time frame: 30 days
Measured by the United States Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM). Affirming 2 or more out of the 8 child-level items in the HFSSM. Higher scores generally indicates worsening food insecurity.
4 secondary outcomes
Very Low Food Insecurity among Children
Time frame: 30 days
Food Insecurity among Adults
Time frame: 30 days
Household Food Insecurity
Time frame: 30 days
Food Expenditures
Time frame: 30 days
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 25 Feb 2020.
- Final ReportLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Public-use data files are available by request by contacting Michael Burke (michael.burke@usda.gov) or the Office of Policy Support within the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Michael P Burke, PhD study director
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits in people with Food Insecurity Among Children, run by USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Feb 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Food Insecurity among Children (time frame: 30 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 Feb 2020.