Table 2.

Scoping review study inclusion and exclusion criteria.

The following types of sources were included:
•Published between 2000 and 2020 •From academic (including thesis/dissertations) literature, gray literature, government reports, nonprofit/non-government organizations reports, and books •Refer to federally and state funded food benefit programs such as: SNAP (formerly Food Stamps), D-SNAP, WIC, NAP, D-NAP, Child Nutrition Programs, Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs, Commodity Food Programs, and Pandemic-EBT •Refer to programs/policies at municipal/local, state, and federal level •Refer to programs implemented in any US State or territory •Include local efforts to maximize federal benefits such as NYC Health Bucks/WIC Farmers Market Vouchers •Describe modifications to food benefit programs such as changes in implementation of program, scale of program, changes to benefit amount per individual, criteria eligibility, technological advancements to improve access •Describe modifications to food benefit programs made specifically in response to emergencies
Literature sources were excluded if they:
•Refer primarily to charitable food assistance programs such as food pantries or soup kitchens •Document changes to food benefit programs that were not made in response to emergencies •Published before 2000 •Published in a language other than English or as non-print media