- Food stamp usage up 58 percent in S. Dakota, By Austin Kaus, July 26, 2011, Daily Republic: “Enrollment in a federal program that provides food assistance increased by 58 percent in South Dakota between 2007 and 2010, according to the results of a study released this week. The Urban Institute reported that enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called food stamps) increased nationally by 69 percent from 2007 to 2010. Increases in state caseloads varied from 23 percent in Arkansas to 128 percent in Nevada…”
- Idaho food stamp growth saw massive drop in June, By Dustin Hurst, July 27, 2011, Idaho Reporter: “Though food stamp enrollment numbers have been growing steadily in the Gem State in the past few years, officials with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) told IdahoReporter.com last week that the month of June saw the smallest increase in new enrollees in many months. Tom Shanahan, spokesman for DHW, reported that only 168 new people joined the food stamp program. June was the first time since July 2008 that less than 1,000 people joined the program in any one month…”
- Nevada Has Biggest Increase in Food Stamp Caseloads, July 26, 2011, Nevada News Bureau: “Nevada experienced the greatest growth among the states in food stamp caseloads between 2007 and 2010 with an increase of 128 percent, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute. The jump in caseloads is attributable to a nearly 250 percent increase in state unemployment between 2007 and 2010, says the report…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty