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Professor Heflin Awarded Research Board Grant
Posted: 6/3/2008Dr. Colleen Heflin was recently awarded a research grant from the MU Research Board to fund her project (with Peter Mueser) titled "The Impact of Improving Access to Benefits for Low-Income Families on Case Characteristics and Dynamics." The project examines Florida's implementation of an online application process for Food Stamps, TANF, and Medicaid. Heflin and Mueser will analyze how this service delivery tool influenced the size of the program caseload, the distribution of program recipients, and whether certain groups were disadvantaged by this administrative reform. The Research Board uses a competitive process involving peer review, and Heflin’s proposal was one of only eleven projects funded in the social sciences for the entire MU system in the latest funding competition.