Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by Four Million in One Month

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h4 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><br>Four million people dropped off the food stamp rolls in one month, according to the latest numbers on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).<br>The latest USDA data<a href="https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/pd/34SNAPmonthly.pdf"> show</a> that the number of participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the government program that administers food stamps, dropped from 45,666,795 in October 2017 to 41,658,868 in November 2017 — a staggering decrease of 4,007,927 over one month.</span></h4> <h4 style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: A grocery store advertises that they accept food stamps in the South Bronx on September 19, 2013 in New York City. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau report, over a quarter-million people in the South Bronx are living in poverty, making the 16th Congressional District the poorest in the nation. New Census Bureau numbers for all of New York City show that the poverty rate has risen to 21.2 percent in 2012, from 20.9 percent the year before. As New Yorkers prepare to vote for their next mayor following Michael Bloomberg, the Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio has focused on the theme that New York has transformed into a 'tale of two cities' under the Bloomberg administration. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)" src="http://media.breitbart.com/media/2018/01/store-accepts-snap-ebt-food-stamps-file-getty-640x480.jpg"> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6026372270824782" data-ad-slot="1142052758" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6026372270824782" data-ad-slot="2708363552" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <br> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6026372270824782" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="5040401559" style="display: block;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </h4></div>

Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by Four Million in One Month

Four million people dropped off the food stamp rolls in one month, according to the latest numbers on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. ...

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500k food stamp recipients will lose benefits in April

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br>More than 500,000 Americans receiving food stamp benefits will no longer qualify for them beginning on April 1 so they will surely lose their benefits this month.</span><div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a direct result of government requirements linking the assistance to an individual’s ability to find a job and work.</span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span><img alt="© Jim Young" height="222" src="https://cdn.rt.com/files/2016.03/original/56fd5455c361881a188b45c1.jpg" width="400"></div></div></div>

500k food stamp recipients will lose benefits in April

More than 500,000 Americans receiving food stamp benefits will no longer qualify for them beginning on April 1 so they will surely lose the...

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