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Food stamps aren't enough to keep some Memphis families fedwreg.comMEMPHIS, Tenn. — New census numbers show one in five children in the United States relies on food stamps. That's up from one in eight in 2007. These programs are meant to be supplemental. WREG found out more than half the …

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of children in the United States relying on food stamps for a meal spiked to 16 million last year, according federal data, signaling a lopsided economic recovery in which lower income families are still lagging behind. The roughly one in five children …

Food stamps feed one in five children in the United States, and the Republicans, led by Catholic Republican Congressman and former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, his former presidential running mate, Mitt Romney, and Catholic Republican House Speaker John Boehner want to decimate the food stamps program with immoral and …

Ring of Fire Number of US Children on Food Stamps is Up to One in FiveRing of FireThe number of children receiving food stamps was higher last year than it was before the start of the Great Recession in 2007 – one out of every five, or approximately 16 million, …

RT (blog) Census Says One in Five U.S. Children Using Food StampsTheBlaze.comWhile Democrats have tried to give President Barack Obama credit for a rebounding economy, they also note that millions of additional people are using food stamps, and that the program should not be cut yet. The total number of …

Slate Magazine (blog) Census Finds One in Five American Children Depends on Food Stamps to EatSlate Magazine (blog)There was a sobering finding amidst the data released by the Census Bureau Wednesday showing a staggering 16 million children in the U.S.—or one in five kids under the age of 18—received food …

RT (blog) 'National moral disgrace': Over 1 in 5 US children on food stamps& living in …RT (blog)Over 20 percent of US children ‒ an estimated 16 million youths ‒ are on food stamps, according to the latest government figures. That number has almost doubled since the Great Recession began …

TIME 1 in 5 American Children Relying on Food Stamps for MealsTIMEFood Stamps Help Bridge Gap For 20 Percent Of Americans Who Struggle With Hunger A girl pays for her mother's groceries using Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) tokens, more commonly known as Food Stamps, at the GrowNYC Greenmarket in Union … …

Huffington Post One In 5 American Kids Are On Food StampsHuffington PostHere's more evidence that the economic recovery isn't benefitting the people who need it most: One in 5 American kids got food stamps in 2014, up from 1 in 8 before the recession. About 16 million kids relied on …

In the industrialized world, only one country has a higher rate of child poverty than the U.S. More: continued here