Appendix 4: Index of Acronyms
- ACA
- Affordable Care Act
- ACES
- adverse childhood experiences
- AFDC
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children
- BPP
- Black Panther Party
- COINTELPRO
- Counterintelligence Program of the FBI
- C-SNAP
- Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assistance Program
- DHS
- Department of Human Services
- EBT
- Electronic Benefits Transfer
- EITC
- Earned Income Tax Credit
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency
- ERS
- Economic Research Service (of the USDA)
- FDPIR
- Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
- FBI
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FNS
- Food and Nutrition Service
- HFSSM
- US Household Food Security Survey Module
- PIC
- prison-industrial complex
- PRWORA
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
- SNAP
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- TANF
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- TFP
- Thrifty Food Plan
- TRC
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- UBI
- Universal basic income
- USDA
- US Department of Agriculture
- WIC
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children