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Requests for welfare increase in Larimer CountyThe Coloradoan, COBy Trevor Hughes • For Loveland Connection • March 18, 2009 February applications for welfare and food stamps in Larimer County have jumped 103 percent and 71 percent respectively, over the same month last year, overwhelming county workers. …Larimer County welfare requests doubleReporterHerald.comLarimer …

Loophole In Food Stamp Plan Allows Rich To Get BenefitsMSNBCLEBANON – Warren County commissioners are upset after learning about a loophole in Ohio's public assistance plan that allows wealthy people to collect food stamps. The commissioners met Tuesday after learning that a person with a paid-for $311000 home, …Food stamps …

Glitch identifies food stamp recipients as felonsPortsmouth Herald News, NHPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is once again blaming a computer glitch for incorrectly notifying recipients of food stamps that they're ineligible for aid because they're felons on the lam. … More: continued here

Circulation of fake postal stamps detected in KasaragodHindu, IndiaKasaragod (PTI): Circulation of fake postal stamps was detected on envelopes taken to the Head Post office in this town, a senior postal officer said here on Wednesday. Sixteen fake stamps with a face value of Rs 20 each were found affixed on …

Spring Hill's Jack Frain interested in forming stamp clubTampabay.com, FLBy Times Staff Writer Local resident Jack Frain is interested in forming a stamp club in the area. Members would meet biweekly or monthly to exchange ideas, swap stamps, hold mini auctions and have fun. Individuals who are interested may contact Frain …

Craft month continues with new stamps from Inkadinkado and …Examiner.comThe stamp company Inkadinkado has some great stamps available. They are unveiling a new line with fun designs which you can see in their March newsletter. During March you can send samples using their stamp sets to Inkadinkado and they will …

Recovery funds to increase food stamp paymentsMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, WIBy Stacy Forster of the Journal Sentinel By The Numbers Madison – It doesn't go very far, but for JaQuetta Gray the $31 a month she receives in food stamp benefits helps her feed her three children. With an increase in benefits …

Should people with assets be eligible for food stamp assistance?Dayton Daily News, OHBy Marie Rossiter LEBANON, Warren County — A family with a net worth more than $400000 should not be eligible for food stamps, Warren County commissioners said. The commissioners are considering pulling the county out of the program because …

Anti-poverty groups push NY welfare grant hikeNewsday, NYDavid Hansell, commissioner of state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, has said New York made changes to the food stamp program to make it easier for working families to apply for benefits _ no more fingerprint requirements or face-to-face … More: continued here

Thirty-one million Americans live on food stamps. With so many Americans living on a fixed income, some are looking at cutting their grocery bill any way they can. More: continued here