Carolyn Barnes
Associate Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice
University of Chicago
at time of fellowship
2023 to 2024
Barnes will draw on interviews with 180 workers and 400 beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and Medicaid to investigate barriers to accessing, maintaining, and using social safety net programs. She will also explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affected access to these programs.