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Disability Prevalence Among Income-Based Government Assistance Recipients
What share of Americans on income-based government assistance are disabled in each state? The U.S. average is just over 30 percent. more
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Still No Farm Bill, But More Assistance to Drought-Ravaged States
With Congress still at an impasse over the farm bill, the Obama Administration this week pledged $30 million more to aid farmers and ranchers hit hard by drought. more
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Food Stamp Fight on Capitol Hill
Congress is considering dramatic changes in the way states administer their food stamp programs. more
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Why Are Welfare Rolls Flat, While the Food Stamp Program Grows Rapidly?
Advocates for the poor say welfare programs are ill-designed for hard economic times. Some Republicans, however, don’t see welfare as broken, but instead as a model for other social initiatives. more
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Food Stamp Program Under Fire
Recent cases of million-dollar lottery winners still collecting food stamps have given fodder to critics in states and in Congress who say the program is fraught with abuse. more
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Overcoming a Backlog: How Texas Conquered a Mountain of Food Stamps Applications
PART THREE OF THREE: Not long ago, Texas was slower than any other state at telling people whether they could receive food stamps. Today, the state ranks near the top. Here's how Texas did it. more
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Feds, States Target Food Stamp Fraud
TODAY'S TAKE: States can crack down on folks trying to sell their food stamps for cash on Facebook and other social media, the federal government is telling them, as part of a wider effort to curb food stamp fraud.more -
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Oregon Food Stamp Use Surges, Leads Nation
TODAY'S TAKE: New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that nearly a fifth of all Oregon residents received food stamps between 2009 and 2010, the highest rate in the country.more -
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States Retool Food Stamp, Benefits Systems
A number of states used to make food stamp recipients pass a fingerprint test. Now all but one has stopped, to save on staff time and ease the burden on the clients.more -
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Infographic: Poverty Up, Incomes Cown in Most States
Data released Thursday (September 22) by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 20 states saw a 20 percent or higher increase in the poverty rate from 2007 to 2010. Over the same time, median incomes fell by more than 7 percent in 16 states. more
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Fast Food and Food Stamps: Big Controversy, Small Program
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: Rhode Island is joining a small group of states that allow homeless, elderly and disabled to use food stamps at certain fast food restaurants. Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan have similar programs.more -
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Foreclosure Aid Program Gets Underway in Florida
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: Florida rolls out a program to help homeowners avoid foreclosure … A GOP plan to turn food stamps into a block grant gets mixed reviews … Texas experiences a child boom, and other social policy news. more
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Food Stamp Rolls Reach Historic Levels
More Americans than ever before are getting federal help to buy groceries. Which state is seeing caseloads grow the fastest? You might be surprised to find out. more
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Food Stamp Stimulus Hits State Economies
States just launched a multi-billion-dollar boost in food stamp benefits that experts predict will give a bigger and quicker lift to the flagging economy than any other stimulus program.more -
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Economic crisis: Today's state perspective(2)
A scan of today's state news stories shows spreading economic distress - and an array of political plans to cushion the impact, including talk in Nevada of taxing prostitution (it's legal in some counties there). Nevada is among the states hit hardest by the recession.more -
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House Stimulus Plan Wins State Praise
State officials got their first look of the massive economic package worth $825 billion that Congress promises to deliver next month to President-elect Barack Obama, and many liked what they saw.more -
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States Push to Get Food to Needy
This year, soaring food and energy prices and lost jobs have led a record number of people to enter the federally funded Food Stamps program - more than in any year since the program began in 1964. But even as the number of applicants spirals, states are reaching out to millions more who may not realize they are eligible or are reluctant to participate.more -
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States Expand Food Stamp Programs
In the war on hunger, a handful of states have made big strides in getting federally funded Food Stamps to more poor families, while others have lagged behind. Only 60 percent of eligible Americans received Food Stamps nationwide in 2004, but Missouri, Tennessee and Oregon helped buy groceries for more than 80 percent of those with incomes low enough to qualify, according to a new study. California, Wyoming and Massachusetts gave Food Stamps to fewer than 50 percent of their poor citizens.more -
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Food Tax on Chopping Block
Shoppers in four states -- Mississippi, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming -- soon may be paying less at the supermarket checkout counter, thanks to reduced taxes on groceries. more
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U.S. House Votes to Nullify 200 State Food Laws
More than 200 state laws on food safety and labeling -- from Alabama's nutritional standards for grits to the way Wisconsin labels cheese and smoked meats -- will be undermined by a bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, says a broad coalition of state officials, environmentalists and consumer protection groups. A state-by-state list cites statutes and regulations that could be trumped.more