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Rule to affect 2800 food stamp recipients
The Robesonian Pat McCrory last week signed a bill that requires able-bodied adults without dependent children to work to receive food stamps, get job training or some combination of the two. Sally Speights, the program manager overseeing nutrition programs at the … |
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Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year. More: continued here
As Bill Byrd loaded a box of food staples into the back of a SUV, he ignored his aching body: a torn rotator cuff, arthritis in one shoulder and bad feet. The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank provided Byrd, 67, with the box, which was filled with dry noodles, jugs of apple juice and canned beans…
WPTV Consumer Confidential: Pricier stamps alone won't end red ink at Postal ServiceThe RepublicA first-class stamp will cost 45 cents as of Jan. 22. Don't be surprised if that charge quickly grows to 50 cents, or more. But higher fees alone won't do the trick. That's why the postal service has also proposed dropping Saturday…
Fox News (blog) Fox News Reporting: The Great Food Stamp BingeFox News (blog)With one in seven Americans now receiving food stamps, a Fox News investigative team traveled the country to expose the government's startling attempts to get even more people to sign up for the “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program”. More: continued here
Columbia Missourian Five Steps Congress Can Take to Encourage Work in the Food Stamps ProgramHeritage.orgThe House Agriculture Committee released a farm bill last week that seeks to reform the food stamp welfare program by encouraging work-capable individuals to work or participate in other activities in order to receive benefits. This is an important …GUEST COMMENTARY:…
State Gets $5 Mil Bonus For Food Stamp Sign UpThe Moral LiberalIn its quest to promote taxpayer-funded entitlement programs, the Obama Administration has actually rewarded one state with a $5 million bonus for its efficiency in adding food-stamp recipients to already bulging rolls. …and more » More: continued here