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World Socialist Web Site Feds: More Americans selling their food stamps for cashFox NewsThe percentage of Americans selling their food stamps back to stores for cash has increased by 30 percent over the past several years, according to a new Agriculture Department study. The study on food stamps trafficking — …

FILE: 2006: A lunch meal at the Part of the Solution soup kitchen and food pantry in the Bronx borough of New York. Nearly one in 10 Americans at the time were expected to rely on food stamps. More: continued here

WWMT-TV SNAP Challenge gives the experience of living on food stampsWWMT-TVThe challenge gives participants a feel for what it's like to utilize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, what's known as food stamps. Participants live for one week on the average SNAP benefit of just $4 a day. Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby …

The percentage of Americans selling their food stamps back to stores for cash has increased by 30 percent over the past several years, according to a new Agriculture Department study. More: continued here

The economy might be getting better but Hillsborough County is seeing more people looking for food aid, and experts say the causes could be low wages and the loss of some farm work More: continued here

FILE: 2006: A lunch meal at the Part of the Solution soup kitchen and food pantry in the Bronx borough of New York. Nearly one in 10 Americans at the time were expected to rely on food stamps. More: continued here

Record number of Hillsborough residents rely on food stampsTbo.comThat same month, 229,276 state residents applied for government aid in the form of food stamps, cash assistance or Medicaid — the third-highest number on record, according to the Department of Children and Families. Hillsborough County recorded 16,186 … More: continued here

Rules for food stamps should be changedWatertownDailyTimes.comI think that food stamps are a godsend for people who would otherwise go hungry, but I think that the rules regarding the use of them should be changed. You cannot purchase toilet paper or any personal hygiene products because they are taxable items. …

More than 100,000 Vermonters, nearly one out of every six residents of the state, receive Food Stamps, a program now called Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). That's nearly double the 2006 number. More: continued here

Raises for higher ed, food stamps for prison guardsTulsa World… an across-the-board raise since 2008 and employees don't enjoy as rich a benefits package as other state employees. But those other state employees haven't had a general pay raise since 2006. And many state correctional officers qualify for food … …