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MN Non-profits a Good Investment
October 1, 2009 - 8:18am inA new study has been released that gives nonprofit organizations a pat on the back. It documents $138 of impact for every dollar invested by nonprofit foundations.
Ag Spending Bill Passed-Nutrition Funding Included
August 6, 2009 - 9:49am inWASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday passed a $124.3 billion agriculture spending bill that pays to add millions of people to the food stamp rolls as rising numbers of the jobless are forced into the program.
Money for the federal school lunch program is going up 12 percent as well, while a popular program that gives additional food aid for poor children and pregnant women received a 9 percent
House passes bill to boost food stamp spending
July 10, 2009 - 10:29am inWASHINGTON (AP) — With rising unemployment forcing millions of additional people onto food stamps, the House on Tuesday passed a bill to boost the program’s budget by 14 percent.
The Agriculture Department announced this week that a record 33.8 million people — or 1 in 9 Americans — were participating in the food stamp program as of April.
Boost in Food-Stamp Funding Percolates Through Economy
July 7, 2009 - 10:51am inThe lush red strawberries caught the attention of Rachel Patrick, a mother of five shopping at a farmers market along the Mississippi River here. She selected two cartons and ignited a little-noticed chain reaction that is an important part of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan.
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One aspect of Obama Stimulus plan working well. Food Stamps.
July 7, 2009 - 9:53am inEarly in my January 2009 post I wrote on why the I thought the Stimulus plan contained some good aspects that would do more for improving the economy than equivalent spending through tax cutting. One of the large portions of the Obama Stimulus was aid through food stamps.
Safety Net Is Fraying for the Very Poor
July 6, 2009 - 9:19am inGovernment “safety net” programs like Social Security and food stamps have pulled growing numbers of Americans out of poverty since the mid-1990s.
Support White House Conference on Food and Nutrition
June 29, 2009 - 2:32pm inThis year marks the 40th anniversary of the first, and only, White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health. Republican President Richard M. Nixon called for the conference saying, “The moment is at hand to put an end to hunger in America itself.
STIMULUS WATCH: $25 check may cost you food stamps
June 18, 2009 - 2:43pm inWhen President Barack Obama increased unemployment benefits as part of his economic stimulus, he also made some Americans ineligible for hundreds of dollars a month in food stamps.
Under the economic recovery plan, laid-off workers have seen a $25 weekly bump in their unemployment checks as part of a broad expansion of benefits for the poor.
The "Hidden Scandal" of American Hunger
June 18, 2009 - 9:16am inNew Book: Trapped in the triangle of the housing market collapse, rising energy costs, and an increasingly dysfunctional health care system, America’s working poor are now battling an even more formidable enemy: hunger.
Serving Good Food to Poor People Makes Good Sense
May 29, 2009 - 10:58am inOne issue, of course, is the view that dining rooms and food pantries should feed poor people as cheaply as possible. After all, shouldn’t they stretch their resources by serving the lowest-cost foods they can, including whatever is donated?
