Chairwoman Walorski, Ranking Member McGovern, and other Members of the Subcommittee,thank you for the opportunity to testify this afternoon on government duplication and unmet needs in federal food assistance programs.
My name is Angela Rachidi and I am currently a research fellow in poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). I recently joined AEI after spending almost a decade working for the New York City Human Resources Administration or HRA, the past six of which I served as the Deputy Commissioner for Policy Research and Evaluation. HRA is New York City’s main social service agency and administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and emergency food program, along with other income support programs.
During my time at HRA, I conducted numerous studies of SNAP and how it affected New York City households. I have extensive knowledge of the broader context of food assistance programs and the interrelation with SNAP. My comments today draw from this experience and focus on concerns about duplication, inefficiencies, and burdens that are created by the complexity of our nation’s food assistance programs.
The main points I will make are: (1) duplication and inefficiency do exist in these programs as they are currently administered, (2) the decentralized nature of the current system means that knowledge about how to help families with their food needs is lost, and (3) families are ultimately hurt because the system is not set up to treat them holistically and likely requires more government dollars to administer than is necessary.
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