Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

House Passes Bombs-Not-Bread Bill To Spare Military, Cut Food Aid

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed its plan to spare the military's growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits fo...

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Real SNAP Stories

Billy Shore | Posted 05.07.2012

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"Most think people on food stamps are sponges, but my mother is everything but a sponge. We don't struggle because my mom doesn't work hard enough. We struggle because of the economy and simply because what cards we were dealt."

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My Year on Food Stamps

Wendy Fontaine | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Welfare, Department of Health and Human Services, Food Stamps, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, House Agriculture Committee, Buffett Rule, Impact News

I had worked as a newspaper reporter for more than a decade, interviewing presidential candidates and reality TV stars. I had a college degree and a retirement account. Never once had I thought I would need help with something as basic as buying food for my kid.

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Bombs Not Food: Republicans Aim To Save Military By Cutting Food Stamps

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican plan to reconcile the budget and preserve defense spending extracts even deeper cuts from programs to help the poo...

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The Reality Behind Rhetoric About Food Stamps

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Poverty, Food Stamps, Food Banks, Second Harvest, US Poverty, Mitt Romney, Florida Primary, Video, Unemployed, Second Harvest Food Bank, Mitt Romney 2012, Food Insecurity, Second Harvest North Florida, Florida, Food Bank, Snap, Poverty in America, Politics News

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Rhetoric about jobs is everywhere during this campaign season. To emphasize how much they want to create jobs and how valuable s...

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The Gingrich Nonsense

Algernon Austin | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Tax Cuts, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Newt Gingrich 2012, Great Recession, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

Newt Gingrich has been using the fast exchanges of the Republican presidential debates to ignore facts, misdiagnose economic problems and then present wrongheaded solutions.

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4 Absurd, Damaging Right-Wing Lies About Food Stamps

Jake Blumgart | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Welfare, Hunger, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food Stamps, Jeff Sessions, Snap, Wall Street Journal, Republicans, Food News

Perhaps the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's congressional opponents wouldn't be such a danger if voters better understood the program. But there are many myths about the program that poison the public perception of it.

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SNAP to Health: Strengthening Nutrition in the Federal Food Stamp Program

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Food Stamps Eligibility, Nutritional Assistance Program, Snap, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, Health News, Healthy Living News

Until now, there has not been a single place where interested individuals across multiple sectors could convene to discuss ideas about how to improve nutrition among SNAP beneficiaries. Launched today, the SNAP to Health website will do just that.

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An Open Letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction

Gordon Campbell | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Education, Hunger, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Federal Budget Deficit, Eitc, Emergency Food Assistance, Income Stability, Super Committee, New York News

As you deliberate and prioritize recommendations, we strongly urge you to adopt an approach that protects the most vulnerable as you put the country on a course towards fiscal stability.

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UP, UP, UP: Number On Food Stamps Hits Another All-Time High

Posted 01.03.2012

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USDA data released this week shows that the number of Americans receiving food aid from the Supplemental Nutrional Assistance Program (SNAP) hit anoth...

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Taking the Congressional Food Stamp Challenge [UPDATED]

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 01.02.2012

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), other members of Congress, and national religious leaders are participating in a week-long national Fighting Poverty with ...

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Taking the Congressional Food Stamp Challenge

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 01.01.2012

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I never think about wanting something at the store that I can't get, except maybe because it's too fattening, but never because I can't afford it. That's the point of the challenge -- to get a glimpse into what the 48 million "food insecure" Americans experience day in and day out.

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House Reps Protest Potential Food Stamp Cuts With Radical Stunt

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.31.2011

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Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) along with eight other congressional Democrats are eating on a budget of about $4.50 a day to show solidarity with food ...

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Reports: Chicago Food Deserts Down 40 Percent

Posted 12.24.2011

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With First Lady Michelle Obama slated to appear in Chicago Tuesday for a fundraising event focused on addressing the city's food desert problem, a lea...

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Advocates Lobby To Save Hunger Programs From Budget Ax

Posted 11.10.2011

Read More: Deficit Reduction, Save Hunger Programs, Federal Programs, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Hunger, Bread for the World, Anti-Hunger Advocate, Anti-Hunger Beckmann, Religion News

By Josef Kuhn Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Anti-hunger advocates are racing to save federal programs that feed needy families from being...

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More People Are Using Food Stamps Than Ever Before

Posted 10.03.2011

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The number of people using food stamps hit an all-time high in May 2011. According to the USDA, 45,753,078 Americans and 21,581,234 households use Sup...

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Five Ways to Save Billions -- and Boost the Nation's Health

Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Food, Debt, Budget, Taxpayers, Nutrition, Sugar Snacks Heart Disease, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Obesity Health, SNAP Program, Heart Disease, Snap, Snap Obesity, Politics News

While Congress debates how to cure America's massive debt problem, let me offer a doctor's prescription: five smart cuts could save taxpayers $383 billion and make Americans healthier at the same time.

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Taking Food From the Most Vulnerable Among Us Isn't a Budget Fix

Lucy Cabrera | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Hunger, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Budget Priorities, Food Stamps, Food Banks, Budget Cuts, NY Budget Cuts, Ny Impact, Emergency Food Assistance, Food Poverty, NY Food Bank, New York News

As the debate over budget cuts heat up in Washington, let's hope cooler heads prevail when it comes to supporting something as basic as food assistance for those in need.

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NYC's SNAP Sugary Beverage Ban Is the Right Idea

Geoffrey Canada | Posted 09.14.2011

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NY's proposal for a two-year pilot project to remove sugar-sweetened beverages from allowable food stamp benefits is based not only on evidence linking them to obesity, but also the fact that they have absolutely no nutritional value.

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Remember the Most Vulnerable in the Deficit Battles

Kate Maehr | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Hunger, Food Pantries, Poverty, Budget Cuts, Soup Kitchen, Food Assistance, Chicago Impact, Women Infants Children Food Aid, Chicago News

If the economy is showing tepid signs of recovery, we're seeing no indication at the hundreds of food pantries and shelters we serve daily. Record numbers of people are still in need of emergency food assistance -- many for the first time.

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U.S. Hunger Remains At Record High, Religious Leader Hopeful

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Whitney Jones Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The number of Americans struggling with hunger remained stable in 2009 despite the economic d...

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Farmers' Markets Attract Few Food Stamp Users

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE and DAVID RUNK | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Despite widespread efforts to attract low-income shoppers, farmers' markets have had limited success in drawing people like Bis...

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'No Precedent' For Proposed Cuts To Food Stamp Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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To help prevent a pair of domestic spending bills from adding to the national budget deficit, Democratic leaders in the Senate have proposed cuts to f...

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