The effect of stand-your-ground laws on student achievement.

Objectives: To examine how "stand-your-ground" (SYG) laws affect children's academic performance.

Methods: We analyze 2008-2018 nationwide school district-level math and reading/language arts (RLA) test scores for 3rd-8th grade students combined with information on SYG laws by state and year. We implement two estimation approaches-two-way-fixed effects and group-time average treatment effects-and conduct analyses stratified by student race (Black, White) and area income level.

A Cluster-Randomized Evaluation of the SuperShelf Intervention in Choice-Based Food Pantries.

Background: Interventions in food pantry settings have the potential to improve health among clients at risk of diet-related disease.

Purpose: This study evaluates whether a cluster-randomized, behavioral intervention in food pantries resulted in improved client outcomes.

Methods: Sixteen Minnesota food pantries were randomized to an intervention (n = 8) or control condition (n = 8).

The lived experience of food pantry users in Minnesota: Qualitative findings from a statewide survey.

Objectives: In 2017 a community-University of Minnesota collaborative conducted a statewide survey of food pantry clients.

Methods: Of the 188 food pantries surveyed, 4321 individual client surveys were returned, from which 2,251 open-ended responses were analyzed.

Results: Respondents shared gratitude for the food pantry in meeting their needs for food and support.

A randomized study of food pantry environment-level change following the SuperShelf intervention.

The charitable food system is rapidly evolving. Interventions that target the food pantry environment and use behavioral economics are in high demand, but can be difficult to implement in a low-resource setting. This is an analysis of secondary, environment-level outcomes in a food pantry intervention (SuperShelf); the study evaluates whether the intervention resulted in measurable changes to the food pantry environment and improved diet quality of the food available to clients, compared with a control group of food pantries.

Needs and Preferences Among Food Pantry Clients.

Introduction: Food pantries serve households in need, including many with a family member with a diet-related chronic disease, yet data on client priorities to inform hunger relief practices are lacking. We used a statewide client survey in Minnesota to determine needs and priorities of food pantry clients in 2017 and 2019 and to identify how well Minnesota pantries met those needs in 2019.

Methods: Our survey was administered in 2017 and 2019.