Beth DaPonte, Ph.D., author of the first and second editions of EVALUATION ESSENTIALS (Wiley & Sons and Jossey-Bass/Wiley) is Principal and Owner of SOCIAL SCIENCE CONSULTANTS, LLC. She is also the author of “How the Private Food Assistance Network Evolved: Interactions between Public and Private Responses to Hunger.” The views expressed here are her own.
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The Shutdown proved that the USA needs SNAP
The short, natural experiment we all witnessed reinforces that SNAP is the nation’s first line of defense against hunger and food insecurity and food pantries can only be a secondary and supplemental source of food. Food pantries and food banks cannot substitute for a robust, reliable, government-funded food safety net.
November 26, 2025