Food Stamp Preservation Loophole




The Jefferson Exchange show

Summary: <p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Jefferson Exchange: March 10, 2014 Hour 1A:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="">Food Stamp Preservation Loophole</strong></p><p>The latest federal figures show more than 47 million Americans receiving "food stamps," the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). But that number is already smaller than a year earlier. Few people celebrate the reduction, because it has less to do with life circumstances improving than with Congress simply voting to cut the program. But there is a possibility of a reprieve, or at least a delay, in some of the cuts. We hear from <a href="http://oregonhunger.org/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon</span></strong></a> about the current status.</p>