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Changes to food stamp program could cause up to 1 million Americans to lose benefits
Apr 1, 2016
For the first time since the recession, a time limit on benefits for certain adults will be returning.
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One in seven U.S. homes is food insecure
Oct 3, 2014
What SNAP benefits and food pantries can tell us about food insecury in the U.S.
Part II: 'Save money, live better'
by
Krissy Clark
Apr 2, 2014
As real wages continue to decline, the food stamp economy keeps booming.
Part I: The secret life of a food stamp
by
Krissy Clark
Apr 1, 2014
The biggest winners of the SNAP economy are the ones the government won’t tell you about.
Grocers do the math on food stamp cuts
by
Amy Scott
Nov 1, 2013
As a temporary increase in food stamp benefits expires, families and businesses prepare to get by on less.
Ten must-know facts about food stamps
by
John Ketchum
Nov 1, 2013
A 2009 extension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, expires today.
For the working poor, food stamp cuts mean living with a lot less
Nov 1, 2013
Starting today, Americans will get less in foods stamp assistance. We talk to one of them.
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Convicted of a violent crime? Senate proposes food stamp cutoff
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Krissy Clark
May 27, 2013
Democrats in the Senate agreed to an amendment that would ban anyone ever convicted of certain violent crimes from receiving SNAP food stamps -- for their entire lives.
As Congress debates farm bill, food stamps hang in the balance
by
Krissy Clark
May 17, 2013
With one in five Americans on food stamps, some in Congress want to cut back on the program.
Food stamps holding up farm bill
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Jeff Tyler
Nov 19, 2012
Congress is considering changes in the $80 Billion food stamp program, known as SNAP.