01.25.2012 Policy Points

Facts About Food Stamps

Off the Charts explains “five things you probably don’t know about Food Stamps,” otherwise known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Perhaps the most noteworthy fact is that nearly half of all participating households with children are working households.  For many of these households, there jobs simply don’t pay enough to keep them above the program’s eligibility level (income below 130% of the federal poverty level).

 

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