Assume a person earns $200 of income per month and the price of food is $1 and the price of other goods is $2. Assume the person will receive $200 in benefits from either the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (aka Food Stamps (FS) - in-kind benefits that can only be spent on food) or the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program (cash benefits). If the amount of benefits is the same, individuals have a more expansive set of combinations of food and other goods to choose from with cash benefits than with in-kind benefits. However, it is not always the case that cash benefits are preferred