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The Daily Meal A US Senate Cafeteria Cook Says He Needs Food Stamps to Feed His FamilyThe Daily Meal“I am a cook in the United States Senate, but I need food stamps to feed my family.” That's the gist of Bertrand Olotara's story, one of the many cooks and janitors …

Pennsylvania eliminating asset test for food stampsGoErie.comUnder the test, households of people age 59 and younger with assets above $5,500 lost their eligibility to receive food stamps. Households with disabled people or those age 60 and older were limited to assets of $9,000 in order to receive food stamps.and more » …

Obamacare brings growth in food stamp useThe MercuryIn this April 16, 2015 photo Mishaun Cannon, 48, poses for a portrait in Markham, Ill. Cannon unexpectedly lost a good-paying hospital job last year and has been pursuing a career-switch master's degree, signed up for Medicaid in January. She was … More: continued …

abc27 Gov. Wolf ends asset test for food stampsabc27(WHTM) – Pennsylvania will no longer require food stamp recipients to pass an asset test come Monday. The Wolf administration says it changed course because its watching your money. Before getting federally-funded benefit cards, Pennsylvania wanted …Burial Plots No Longer A Barrier To …

Pennsylvania Makes It Easier To Collect Food StampsDaily CallerThe Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) announced Tuesday that it will end a program designed to limit food stamps based on how much assets a person owns. Known as the “asset test,” it was was signed into law in 2012 by …

PolitiFact Fact-checking Gwyneth Paltrow's $29 weekly food stamps budget claimPolitiFactLove or loathe Gwyneth Paltrow, her experiment buying groceries on a food stamp budget stirred up a lot of awareness about the nation's anti-hunger programs. Which, you know, was kind of the point. Paltrow, a health-conscious actress who prefers to …What …

Health law brings growth in food stamps in NJ, other statesNorthJersey.comCHICAGO — President Barack Obama's health care law has had a surprising side effect: In some states, it appears to be enticing more Americans to apply for food stamps, even as the economy improves. New, streamlined application systems built for …

WGAL Lancaster State gets rid of 'asset test' for food stampsWGAL LancasterSNAP, previously known as food stamps, is a federal program that provides monthly benefits to approximately 1.83 million low-income Pennsylvanians in need of nutrition assistance. More information can be found on the DHS website: www.dhs.state.pa.us." …and more » More: continued here

Wolf ends Pa. asset test for food stamps begun under CorbettThe MercuryHARRISBURG, Pa. >> The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services announced Tuesday it'S ending a rule that prevented people with some minimal personal assets from collecting food stamps, saying it would save the state millions of dollars annually. More: continued …

KRQE News 13 Health law brings growth in food stamps in some statesKRQE News 13CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care law has had a surprising side effect: In some states, it appears to be enticing more Americans to apply for food stamps, even as the economy improves. New, …