This paper attempts to evaluate the contribution of Ethiopia's Productive Safety NetrnProgram (PSNP) on household food security in general and the graduation process inrnparticular. The PSNP operates as a safety net, targeting transfers to poor households in twornways, through public works (P If) and direct support (DS). The program is to provide foodrninsecure people public work for five days a month pays 10 birr/day for their labor on laborintensivernprojects designed to build community assets during the agricultural slack seasonrnand thereby enable households to smooth consumption and prevent them from sellingrnproductive assets to overcome food shortages. The public work is also intended to creaternvaluable public goods, and reduce seasonal liquidity constraints and thereby stimulaterninvestments. Direct support, in the form of cash transfers, is provided to labor-scarcernhouseholds, including those whose primary income earners are elderly or disabled in orderrnto maintain the safety net for the poorest households who cannot participate in public works.rnPrimary data was collected ji-om 43c1ients of PSNP and 30 graduated households selectedrnrandomly ji-om three kebeles namely DodiC/w, Warja Washgula and Bochessa ji-om AdamirnTulu Jido Kombolcha woreda ofOromia National Regional State. Thirty two non-beneficiaryrnhouseholds were selected purposively only from Dodicha kebele. The sustainable livelihoodrnji-amework was adopted to identify the outcome of the program and food insecurity asrndisaster model is applied as theOlY to identify whether disaster was the cause of foodrninsecurity or not. Household food insecurity access scale was used as a tool to measure thernstatus of household food security. The study revealed that the PSNP is already having anrnimpact, that several important changes have taken place in terms of smootheningrnconsumption, asset protection, asset building. Households graduate ji-om the PSNP whenrnthey are able to fill the food gap they had prior to their ently to the program and havernadditional resources to protect themselves frmn the modest shocks. The subjective assessmentrnof the households' perception on food self sufficiency are not uniform throughoutrnhouseholds. The concept of modest shock was not fitlly defined in the graduation guide note.rnUnless the definition is agreed or explicitly stated it is difJicult to establish what level ofrnresource equates to food sufficiency and graduation in general. The study identified thatrnPSNP is showing positive trends to hit its objectives. However, PSNP on its own may notrnallow large numbers to graduate from food insecurity, unless it is combined with the otherrnfood security programs, and especially the extension packages, loans. The restructuring ofrnOrol1lia's Food Security Office institutional ji-amework arrangement several times inrnmandate, structure, and scope in the recent years and rapid turnover of staff at Woreda levelrnare big challenges which seeks immediate solution for the effective implementation of thernprogram. in ATJK Woreda vast majority of rural households are heavily reliant on rain-fedrnagriculture and, hence any irregularity in weather conditions has adverse welfarernimplications. The result suggests that, agricultural performance must improve if the foodrnsecurity of the majority of ATJK's Woredafarming households is to be enhanced. But morernattelltion must be given to stabilizing yields, disseminating drought-resistant varieties tornfarmers in this drought prone woreda, rather than high-yielding but riskier varieties andrnaccess to inputs must be provided on time and more reasonable terms.