Cut From Food Stamps

Posted on January 3, 2013 by admin

• ‘Dairy Cliff’ Dodged Thanks To Small Food Stamps Cut, By Arthur Delaney, January 2, 2013, Huffington Post: “To prevent a spike in milk prices, the ‘fiscal cliff’ budget deal awaiting President Barack Obama’s signature includes an unexpected cut of more than $100 million from food stamps. The legislation reduces funding for efforts to promote healthy eating under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from $395 million to $285 million in fiscal 2013. The one-year cut offsets the cost of preserving a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that protects dairy farmers from price fluctuations. Had the latter program lapsed on schedule, the resulting “dairy cliff” would have boosted the cost of milk to as much as $7 a gallon…”
• Federal Cuts in food stamps avoided for 9 months, By Donna Gehrke-White, January 3, 2013, Sun Sentinel: “South Florida families on food stamps won’t have to worry about the federal government cutting the food program: Congress extended the current provisions for another nine months as part of the federal farm policy. ‘It helps us immensely,’said the Rev. Pam Cahoon, executive director of CROS (Christians Reaching Out to Society) Ministries, a coalition of about 100 religious groups that runs food pantries and other programs to feed the hungry in Palm Beach County…”