Food stamp hike helps families cope, By Bonna Johnson, July 13, 2009, The Tennessean: “Slowly cruising the aisles of her favorite grocery store, Rosa Diaz kept an eye out for specials to help her stock up on staples, like fruit juice and packaged snacks for her 2-year-old son. “That’s a decent price,” Diaz said as she placed a couple of large jugs of orange juice, advertised at two for $3, in her shopping cart…”
Turning to food stamps difficult for some, By Louis Llovio, July 12, 2009, Richmond Times-Dispatch: “Tonya was living the American dream. The mother of a 10-year-old daughter, she had a steady job at a property management company while her husband was a sanitation worker for a major company in Richmond. “We were middle class. We were working so hard,” Tonya said last week. She’s relying on food stamps now. It all began to fall apart 10 months ago. Her husband lost his job, then two months later, she lost hers…”