Food-stamp change keeps Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes pantry busyKalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com, MIBecause of a change at the state level, many Michigan food-stamp recipients, who normally receive their allotments the first day of each month, will receive them on various dates after April 1. Those people, who were notified of the …
Read More »Food-stamp change keeps pantry busy – Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com
Food-stamp change keeps pantry busyKalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com, MIBecause of a change at the state level, many Michigan food-stamp recipients, who normally receive their allotments the first day of each month, will receive them on various dates after April 1. Those people, who were notified of the change within the … …
Read More »More Funding for Families Who Use Food Stamps Starting April 1 – KNDO/KNDU
More Funding for Families Who Use Food Stamps Starting April 1KNDO/KNDU, WAMany families using Washington State's Basic Food program or food stamps will see a 13.6 percent increase starting Wednesday in the amount of money they receive each month. The increase is coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, … …
Read More »Food stamp recipients get help from stimulus – Fresno Bee
Food stamp recipients get help from stimulusFresno Bee, CABy EJ Schultz / Bee Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO — Thousands of Valley food stamp recipients will get a bump in benefits starting this month, thanks to federal stimulus money rolling into California. Help is also coming to food banks, which will be sent …
Read More »Federal Stimulus Increases NY Food Stamps – WNYC
Federal Stimulus Increases NY Food StampsWNYC, NYFood stamps went up 13 percent today. That means an additional $40 a month for families like Ann Valdez and her son. VALDEZ: I guess the best thing I can say is this becomes a little better because now I can eat maybe a couple …
Read More »Food Stamp Benefit Boost Comes as More Ohioans Look for Help – Public News Service
Food Stamp Benefit Boost Comes as More Ohioans Look for HelpPublic News Service, COThe food stamp benefit is increasing nearly 14 percent on average as part of the federal economic stimulus package. The increase will translate to an average increase of $25 per person per month for those who receive food …
Read More »Ex-addict says drug testing for food stamps could have helped him … – Daily Mail – Charleston
Ex-addict says drug testing for food stamps could have helped him …Daily Mail – Charleston, WVBrian Caldwell never faced much trouble scoring illegal drugs, especially if he hadn't used his monthly allotment of food stamps. For $100 in food stamps, he could easily get $50 worth of drugs. But that much …
Read More »Bill Wants Mandatory Drug Test to Receive Food Stamps – KYTX
Bill Wants Mandatory Drug Test to Receive Food StampsKYTX, TXA bill in West Virginia would make anyone filing for unemployment or food stamps show they are drug free. Someone who failed a drug test would get the benefits and 60 days to clean up. If they failed the next test, he …
Read More »Milk stamp backers eye SF artist's painting – Bay Area Reporter
Bay Area Reporter Milk stamp backers eye SF artist's paintingBay Area Reporter, CAby Matthew S. Bajko San Francisco artist Jim Leff has been creating stamp artworks since the 1980s. The postage mockups run the gamut from being homoerotic to political in nature. His first in the series, created in 1984 when …
Read More »VT Food Stamp Benefits Increase – Fox44 News
VT Food Stamp Benefits IncreaseFox44 News, VermontVermonters on food stamps will get a little more help. 3squaresvt has received $34 million as part of the federal stimulus package. Starting Wednesday, April 1, 2009 people in the program will get more money each month. The benefit increases are based …Low-Income Vermonters Get …
Read More »