The 2014 Farm Bill (Agriculture Act of 2014, H.R. 2642) includes $200 million for up to 10 three-year pilot projects in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) "to reduce dependency and increase work requirements and work effort." Abt has released documents on these pilots considering programmatic strategies and the evaluation.

Programmatic Strategies for the SNAP E&T Pilot Projects
Jacob Alex Klerman
This Policy Brief considers the programmatic options for the employment and training program to be funded by the 2014 Farm Bill.

Evaluation Choices and Challenges for the SNAP E&T Pilot Projects
Jacob Alex Klerman
White Paper considers several issues related to the evaluation of the SNAP E&T Pilot Projects: (i) random assignment; (ii) capturing entry effects; (iii) required sample sizes; (iv) data collection; and (v) the interrelation of the pilots and the evaluation.