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Over 30 Million in US Face “Hunger Cliff” as Food Benefit Cuts Loom
As COVID-era SNAP increases are rolled back, inflation and corporate profiteering will leave millions hungry next month.
I Stole to Feed My Family and Was Incarcerated. We Need Resources, Not Prisons.
The story of poverty in the Black community is directly related to the history of slavery, Jim Crow and redlining laws.
Diaper Banks Are Filling a Need for Low-Income Families Whom Federal Aid Fails
Diapers don't qualify for federal aid under most public assistance programs, including food stamps.
Biden Boosted Food Stamps. Let’s Do the Same to All US Anti-Poverty Programs.
Changing the landscape of poverty and inequality calls for increased public benefits paid for with tax revenues.
Biden Admin Announces Largest Increase to Food Stamps in Program History
The average recipient in the program will see their benefits go up by about $36 per month.
Biden Admin Scraps Trump Rule That Would Have Kicked 3 Million Off Food Stamps
The rule change could have also removed around 1 million children from being eligible to have free meals at school.
Judge Strikes Down Trump SNAP Rule that Would Remove at Least 700K From Program
USDA was planning to go ahead with the rule change, written in December, even after the coronavirus pandemic came about.
Trump Is Placing Letters in Food Aid Boxes to Boost His Reelection Campaign
Democrats say the letters violate the law against using government resources to campaign.
Amid Coronavirus, Trump Moves to Take Food Stamps From Over a Million People
The rule would impose more strict work requirements on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
Trump Finalizes Plan to Strip Food Aid From 750,000 Low-Income People by 2020
The rule, combined with two other proposed SNAP changes, would strip federal food aid from 3.7 million people.