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The Week Magazine 1 in 5 US children live off food stampsThe Week MagazineThe economy may have picked up, but children are still struggling to get enough to eat. New statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau have revealed that about 16 million U.S. children — roughly one in five — …

One in five children is on food stamps, more than before the recessionSyracuse.comOne out of every five children in the U.S. relies on food stamps for some meals, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Though the economy is recovering, that number is still higher than …

Census: 16 million children, or 1 in 5, received government food stamps in …NewserThe number of people receiving food stamps— now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — spiked through the recession and has stayed at a higher level since. In the 2007 Census survey, 9 million children …

In 2014, 16 million children received food stamp assistance, compared with 9 million in 2007. More: continued here

Reuters One in five US children now rely on food stamps: Census dataReutersThe roughly one in five children who received food stamps in 2014 surpassed pre-recession levels, when one in eight or 9 million children were on food stamps, according to the U.S. Census survey of American families released on …

Washington Post (blog) More children receive food stamps today than before the start of the recessionWashington Post (blog)One in five children received food stamps last year, a higher figure than before the recession began, data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Families and Living Arrangements study released Wednesday found. The Census …

Roughly 16 million U.S. children under the age of 18—about one in five—received food stamps last year, according to statistics on families released by the Census Bureau on Wednesday. More: continued here

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

India's Basic Income, Or, Let's Abolish Food Stamps And Make Everyone RicherForbesI've been sent a copy of a new book, Basic Income, A Transformative Policy for India, by the publishers, Bloomsbury, to whom thanks. It's thoroughly wonkish and if you're interested in in the design of welfare systems for poor …

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. Republicans in Congress have sought to cut back on the Supplemental Nutritional …