Tag Archives: SNAP

FRAC Applauds New Proposed Legislation to Strengthen SNAP Benefits

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): By Contrast, House Agriculture Committee Bill Would Leave Millions of Americans with Empty Cupboards Statement attributable to FRAC President Jim Weill June 17, 2013 – Washington, D.C. – As the Farm Bill … Continue reading →

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Congress Won’t Save Money by Cutting SNAP/Food Stamps

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Idaho Mountain Express, May 31, 2013 The SNAP/Food Stamp cuts proposed in the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill ignore “evidence that cutting food stamps doesn’t save money – it actually costs money … Continue reading →

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Participate in National Call-In Day to Support and Protect SNAP in Farm Bill (Tuesday, June 18)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): The House is expected to take up its Farm Bill (S 954) and we need your help protecting SNAP from proposed cuts — cuts that would cause 2 million individuals to lose … Continue reading →

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States Could Reduce Extreme Poverty Sharply by Enrolling in TANF the Millions of TANF-Eligible Children Who Are Enrolled in SNAP but not in TANF

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From Legal Momentum (http://www.legalmomentum.org): The eligible family enrollment rate has fallen in TANF from 78.9% in 1996 when TANF was enacted, to 32.3% in 2009, the most recent year for which data are available. Assuming that the enrollment rate has … Continue reading →

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Urge Stop to SNAP Cuts that Will Hurt Children Most

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Every Child Matters Education Fund (http://www.everychildmatters.org/): Last week, the United States Congress adjourned for Memorial Day. Both the Senate and House Agricultural Committees passed their versions of the “Farm Bill” which will set agricultural policy for the next … Continue reading →

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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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Protect SNAP in the Farm Bill

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From Share Our Strength (http://strength.org/): It’s time to make your voice heard. This week, Congress is working on the Farm Bill, legislation that includes funding for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps). Half of all SNAP participants are … 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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Urge Congress to Support a Full, Multi-Year Reauthorization of the Farm Bill

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness Our nation’s food and farm policies, as embodied in the farm bill, affect people from rural America to inner cities, from our local communities to less industrialized regions around the world. The farm … Continue reading →

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Urge Senator Toomey to Oppose Bill That Would Cut $36 Billion from SNAP

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced S. 458 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s458), the “Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act,” a bill that would cut $36 billion from nutrition, almost entirely from SNAP. The bill … Continue reading →

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