根據社會安全局(Social Security Administration,SSA)統計,領取社安金、社會安全生活補助金(Supplemental Security Income,SSI)或兩者皆領的美國民眾超過7000萬人,其中絕大多數是65歲以上、靠社安金過日子的年長者。 領取俗稱糧食券(food stamps)的「營養補充援助計畫」(Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,SNAP),是...
When we become better allies by naming and challenging the racism built into every part of the dominant industrial food system, it is easier to explain why we feel the need to offer an alternative that rests on new power structures and why it will take a lot of concerted strategies and it...
known as Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer, which will take effect in the summer of 2024. With Summer EBT, NY and certain tribal nations can provide grocery benefits of $40 per month to families with eligible school-aged children. Cindy Long, administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Servi...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s largest domestic food assistance program, serving over 42.1 million recipients in an average month at a federal cost of over $68 billion in FY2017. SNAP is jointly administered by state agencies, which handle most recipient func...