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New York Daily News Food Stamp Enrollment Hits Record HighKARK, Little RockDespite a 65-thousand-person drop in enrollment, Texas remained the state needing the most help, with nearly three-million people on food stamps. California came in second with two-and-a-half-million, up 43-thousand from December, followed by New York …Social Workers: More Arizonans on …

Boston Globe Food stamps fill gap as hunger in SJ soarsStockton Record, CATo learn more about applying for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as food stamps, go to the county Human Services Agency Web site at www.sjgov.org/hsa/ or call (209) 468-1000. As the ranks of the jobless have grown, …One …

One in 10 Americans is now claiming ‘food stamps’ figures show as the nation’s unemployment figures reach their highest level in 25 years. More: continued here

A record 32.2 million people are now receiving help from the anti-hunger program. More: continued here

Record highs continue to be set in Oklahoma’s food-stamp program as 1.3 percent more residents qualified for the assistance program last month, according to the state Department of Human Services. In March, 450,057 Oklahomans received food stamps, up from the previous record of 444,184 set in February. The number of …

Sacramento County serves up more food stamp aid with stimulus fundsSacramento Bee,  USABy Anita Creamer Tamara Austin knows exactly what she's going to buy with her extra food stamp benefits: fruit and milk for her 8-year-old daughter Shauntanice. "My daughter is a health fanatic," said Austin, 28, who was laid …

Three stamps get two sisters into a lick of trouble in 'Mauritius'Ventura County Star, CATwo half sisters vie for the rights to their late mother’s valuable stamp collection in Theresa Rebeck’s 2007 Broadway play, which runs through April 26 at the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Performances are …

Food stamp benefits increase, program renamed SNAPChatham Star Tribune, VAKaine also announced the Federal Food Stamp Program in Virginia will become the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as well. "This global economic recession is very personal for many Virginia families," Kaine said. … More: continued here

Social Workers: More Arizonans on Food Stamps is Good NewsPublic News Service, COPhoenix, AZ – A new report says only four states are enrolling food stamp recipients at a faster rate than Arizona. The state's enrollment is up nearly 26 percent from a year earlier and although more Arizonans are seeking …

Boston Globe One in 10 Americans gets help to buy foodReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A record 32.2 million people — one in every 10 Americans — received food stamps at the latest count, the government said on Thursday, a reflection of the recession now in its 16th month. Food stamps, the …