USDA announces $200M in grants for food stamps, By Christopher Doering, August 25, 2014, Des Moines Register: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that it would provide up to $200 million in grants to states to implement programs that help people receiving food stamps find jobs or increase their earnings. The USDA said the grants would provide funding for up to 10 pilot projects to test a variety of methods to enhance employability, increase the earnings of food stamp work recipients and help people transition from the program…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty