Food Stamps Crisis
Boston.com reports that currently 600,000 Massachusetts residents are receiving food stamps. This rise in number comes after approximately 100,000 people enrolled in 2008. The number of families receiving food stamps will continue to increase as the department continues to receive about 20,000 new applications each month.
The increase of families in need of food stamps is paired with the reduction of Transitional Assistance staff and is resulting in longer waits for application processing. Applications are now taking as long as 30 days to be processed, compared to about a 2 week time span in the past.
Patience is undoubtedly a virtue, but how can people survive without proper nutrition? What can be done to aid this process or the people involved?
Click here for the published article in Boston.com
Jessica Bavuso
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Crittenton Women's Union
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i applied and they gave me 99
i applied and they gave me 99 cents! I have two boys ages 11 and 8, work full time, just looking for a little help!it's a joke
It really is a crisis. Just a
It really is a crisis. Just a 100,000 increase in food stamp recipients in Massachusetts alone is already cause for alarm in my opinion. Many other states are experiencing the exact same thing.