JSIT23-05: Disability and Social Welfare Participation through the Lens of Food Insecurity

Households with disability represent a special case of need when it comes to addressing disparities in well-being, with the presence of food insecurity acting as a bellwether for this unmet need at the household-level. Participation in social welfare programs has been shown to alleviate or even keep households out of food insecurity. Yet little is known about how households with disability select into the multitude of programs available across the social welfare system and even less on how this collective participation differs by food security status.