All Posts Tagged With: "food stamps"

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Food Stamps Provide Food For Half Of American Children

How many times have you turned on your television and seen the face of a starving child in a far off land? It is difficult to view these powerful images and not feel compelled to do something to help these children. What many Americans fail to realize is the fact that there are [...]

November 3rd, 2009 | trisha | Comments | Continued
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Growing Number of Working Class Now Accepting Food Stamps

What was once thought as a welfare-only program, the Food Stamp program is seeing a steady increase in working-class citizens turning in applications for assistance in order to keep food in the home and dinner on the table.
Two years ago, an estimated 25% of income-earning families were receiving food stamp assistance. Now, in 2009, more [...]

September 8th, 2009 | tisha | Comments | Continued