Tag Archives: Food Stamps

The Farm Bill is on the Senate Floor NOW—Urge Our Senators to Protect the Vulnerable and Creation

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From PC(USA) Office of Public Witness (http://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/washington/about-us/): The full Senate is voting on the Farm Bill this week. This is it! Our once-in-five-years opportunity to improve this nation’s food and farm policy. Write to our Senators today at http://www.capwiz.com/pcusa/issues/alert/?alertid=62684076&type=CO, urging … Continue reading →

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Act Now: Food and Farm Policy Moving on Capitol Hill

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Washington Office, PC(USA) (http://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/washington/about-us/): This week, both the Senate and the House of Representatives will be making crucial steps to advance food and farm policy. Your voice is needed now: tell your members of Congress to enact a … Continue reading →

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FRAC Statement: New IOM Report Outlines Steps to Address SNAP Benefit Adequacy

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Washington, D.C. – January 17, 2013 – Research has long shown and lines at food pantries have long demonstrated that benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are too low, … Continue reading →

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Proposed SNAP Benefit Cuts Averted in 2012

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Cuts to SNAP in the range of $4 to $16 billion were contained in separate Farm Bills that cleared the Senate floor and the House Agriculture Committee in 2012 but were not … Continue reading →

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Report: More Pennsylvanians Having Trouble Answering the Dinner Bell

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

Tom Joseph, Public News Service-PA Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30020-1 (12/21/12) PHILADELPHIA – A just released report on hunger shows the number of people seeking food assistance in Pennsylvania’s largest city is up 41 percent in the past year. The study from … Continue reading →

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Call-In Continues to Stop SNAP Cuts

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Lame Duck Call In Days and Action Needed: Lame Duck Call In Days continue. A script is posted on FRAC’s website (http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5118/p/salsa/web/common/public/content?content_item_KEY=10627). Ask House Members to cosponsor the McGovern Sense of the … Continue reading →

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New FRAC Report Finds Food Stamp “Thrifty Food Plan” Allotments Seriously Inadequate

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Congress Needs to Focus on Improving, Not Cutting SNAP Benefits Washington, D.C. – December 6, 2012 – A new Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) report, “Replacing the Thrifty Food Plan in … Continue reading →

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New Polling Data from FRAC Reveal Overwhelming Support for Food Stamps, Opposition to Cutting the Program

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): New USDA Data Show One in Six Americans in Households Struggling Against Hunger Washington, D.C. – September 5, 2012 – New polling data (http://frac.org/pdf/polling_data_snap_sep2012.pdf) by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) … Continue reading →

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During Time of Growing Food Insecurity, Congress Considers Cuts to Food Assistance Programs

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): (Science Blogs, The Pump Handle, July 13, 2012) While the need for food assistance is rising, notes this blog post, Congress is considering cuts to SNAP.  From April 2011 to April 2012, … Continue reading →

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Update on SNAP—Action Still Needed

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): See Action below. In a significant development, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has floated a proposal for drought relief that might involve a one-year extension of farm bill law with no cuts … Continue reading →

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