New York Daily News Cuts to food stamps leave New Yorkers hungry, with over 116 million meals lost …New York Daily NewsNew Yorkers have lost out on more than 116 million meals because of drastic cuts to food stamps, a report released Monday found. Two years after the feds slashed the food benefits by an…
South Bend Tribune Feeling the pinch of Indiana's new food stamp rulesSouth Bend TribuneIt's just enough to satisfy a rule that Indiana's food stamp office reinstituted in July — a rule that has cost about 18,300 adults across Indiana to lose their food stamps this month. Richards, 39, who lives in Osceola, said she's tried…
Catholic Herald Online Vatican Christmas stamps revealedCatholic Herald OnlineThis year's Vatican Christmas stamps feature a 15th-century manuscript illumination of the Holy Family. Flanked by a lowing ox and a donkey, Mary and Joseph pray over baby Jesus as angels sing above and poor shepherds approach. The image, painted by … More: continued here
9NEWS.com Undercover investigation: Who's selling food stamps?9NEWS.com"The people who sign the application know that they shouldn't be doing this." 9Wants to Know found several people online blatantly selling their food stamp funds in the Denver area. "I will trade $200 in food stamps for $100 in cash asap," one Denver … More: continued here
CNSNews.com Census Bureau: 21.6% of US Children—15931000–on Food Stamps in 2014CNSNews.com(CNSNews.com) – Of the approximately 73,623,000 children under the age of 18 in the United States in 2014, 15,931,000—or 21.6 percent—were in households that received food stamps, according to data released today by the Census Bureau. More: continued here
9NEWS.com Undercover: Who's selling food stamps?9NEWS.com"The people who sign the application know that they shouldn't be doing this." 9Wants to Know found several people online blatantly selling their food stamp funds in the Denver area. "I will trade $200 in food stamps for $100 in cash asap," one Denver … More: continued here
WISH-TV Roughly 18300 lose food stamp benefits in IndianaWISH-TVINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — About 18,300 people in Indiana this month have lost an average of $125 of monthly food stamp benefits after a change in work and job training requirements. In July, Indiana reinstated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program …and more » More: continued here
New York Post Maine aims to ban junk food if you use food stampsNew York PostMaine's top health official on Monday proposed banning the purchase of soda and candy under the federal aid program known as food stamps, describing the move as needed to counter an “alarming epidemic of obesity” among the state's poor. In…
Linn’s Stamp News Put yourself in a gingerbread house for the December US Stamp Notes cartoon …Linn’s Stamp NewsThe cartoon contest stamp for December is one of the Christmas Gingerbread House stamps from the block of four issued in 2013. Picture one of the characters from Hansel and Gretel, or anyone else inside the house,…
The Ellsworth American Maine DHHS seeks to ban soda, candy purchases with food stampsThe Ellsworth AmericanWith over 15 percent of the state receiving food stamps and 88 percent of food stamp recipients also receiving Medicaid, officials characterized the proposed ban on sugary drinks and candy as “a commonsense step” toward improving the health of …Maine again…