Food Stamps: A Case Study

The Food Stamp Program, now known as, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is the U.S. largest food assistance agency, whose annual budget is $75 billion (U.S. Dept. of Agri., 2012). SNAP was created in 1969 to help combat hunger and improve the nutrition and health of low income families. Indeed, the federal government is acting irresponsibly and contributing to Americas obesity epidemic by allowing SNAP participants to purchase junk food, such as soda; therefore, sugary based beverages should be eliminated as an acceptable food item, expand knowledge regarding nutrition education and wellness programs and lastly, revise SNAP to meet current dietary guidelines and restrict unhealthy foods to benefit recipients.

Over 8.2 million seniors over the age 60 face the threat of food insecurity, up 78% from a decade ago affecting one in seven seniors. The rise in food insecurity is primarily seen among senior Americans with income less than $30,000 or one to two times the poverty level. Younger seniors between the ages 60-69 are becoming more likely to become food insecure than older adults, due to early retirements and not being able to rely on Social Security or Medicare until they reach 65. Elder malnourished patients experience 2 to 20 times more complications and 100% longer hospital stays. Good nutrition is vital to helping America’s 34 million seniors to stay healthy,

R/s Aushia beats on her children, she hits them too hard. R/s Aushia punches the children in their backs. R/s the youngest child, Jeremy “Junior” (2) has a ringworm and the child had the ringworm for over one month and Aushia hasn’t treated the ringworm. R/s Aushia dresses her daughter, Japanee (7) in 12 month size clothes. R/s Aushia receives food stamps but the children beg other people for food. R/s Aushia smokes marijuana around the children and she eats clay. R/s Aushia rides the children in her truck without car seats and she has no insurance on the vehicle. R/s Aushia is moving around from house to house because she was evicted from her apartment. R/s Aushia is staying with her sister, Amy in the Wastonia Complex by the housing authority.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday, May 13th to require food stamp recipients to use their food stamps only for healthy foods. The bill now travels to the Republican-controlled State Senate, where its future is unknown. In the previous legislative session, the State Senate refused to take up a similar bill. If the bill passes the State Senate, the state would need a waiver from the federal government to proceed with the program change. Other states, such as Missouri and Kansas, tried to pass similar legislation but were not granted the waiver from the federal government.

The constituent called the GAO to complain about his SNAP benefits, he said that he received a letter stating his benefits will be $720.00, but on his EBT card was put only $352.00

This article discusses some of the facts about SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It talks about how three out of four SNAP households have a child, a disabled person, or someone sixty years of age or older. It talks about how on average, the benefits from SNAP boosted monthly income by thirty-nine percent, and forty-five percent for households with a child. It also talks about how much the program is growing with an average of forty-five million people receiving benefits during the 2011 fiscal year. The reason for so many recipients is because a few years back, the labor market went down causing more people to meet eligibilities of the program along with those already receiving

R/s Corey yells and hits her children Alexis (5) and Autumn (3). R/s the children are very dirty and unkempt. R/s Corey spanks the children on their bottoms and curses at them for going outside without supervision. R/s the home is very filthy, nasty and it its unkempt. R/s carpet is missing in some parts of the home. R/s the floors are so filthy that your feet get stuck to the floor. R/s there is a possibility Corey is abusing drugs. R/s at times Corey’s speech is slurred. R/s Corey lives with her parents; her mother, Beverly is a diabetic and her father is an alcoholic. R/s the family also has a dog. The household summary from CHIPS has another child, Aaron (8) listed.

According to the reporter, the home has a smell from the dogs and cat "shit" everywhere. There are clothes on the floor and behind the curtain, and some clothes would have dog poop on it. There would not be tissue in the bathroom. The parents do not receive food stamps. The father works sometimes cutting trees and the mother is not employed. There is no food in the pantry and the family would ask people for food. The family does not eat out because they would not have money to do so. There are dirty dishes piled up and the children appear to be malnourished or skinny. Victoria draws a check for Shasha. Victoria was seen on 7-11-15, snorting pills up her nose, in front of Shasha. When she realized the child saw her, she pushed the child to the

Also within this transitional housing program Trader Joe’s donates fresh food, the clients get a fresh breakfast as well as dinner within this program. The program does not offer lunch, so the clients can either eat two meals a day or purchase their own food for lunch. A few of the clients are granted food stamps so use that money to purchase their lunches. If a client does not collect food stamps, I can help them with the process of applying for food stamps because the application process can be somewhat overwhelming for

Single mothers are being affected by the cuts on the food stamps. Most of the times this singles mothers have to pay for rent, for the care of the child, clothes and all theirs needs. Several times with their salary is not enough to afford for a good quality food, for their children and when they apply to receive assistance from the city which are called the food stamps, it not enough to buy a good quality food for their child's. According to (Thenation.com) single mothers are the one who work more hours and yet still have the highest rate of poverty.therefore, in this case not only single mothers are affected by this cuts made by the governments, but also their children's. Childrens are also affected in differents ways, for example this single

Food stamps also known as the current SNAP program or Supplemental nutrition assistance program is a form of social welfare. Individuals can obtain this type of service if they fall below the poverty line or have a dependent. SNAP can be used at grocery stores to purchase food items for their family. Most recently the U.S. department of Agriculture it attempting to change the SNAP program by allowing families to purchase foods online.

People have different thoughts about food stamps, but I believe that people should not receive food stamps. Claiming more people then are truly in your household, receiving too much money, and being just lazy (those people call it poor) is just a few ways that the government is cheated by the people.

Many people in our country have turned to public assistance for help in our troubling economy. Welfare programs in our country date back to the early 1900’s. When these programs first started they were set up to support those who genuinely needed it. Many of the people who use these programs are hard working people who have had unfortunate things happen to them. However for those who use government assistance for good there are those who take advantage of the programs. Those who take advantage have turned to drugs and are unable or unwilling to make the necessary life changes that the others using the support have. Welfare programs were started to help those who have fallen into an undesirable situation such as losing a job. These programs are not setup to aid in or assist in people’s drug habits. Drug use has substantially risen over the years many of the drugs that people are using are worse than recreational marijuana use. They are also set up to help mothers with children to keep their children at home and not in foster care. Also to ensure that children and theirs parents have food, shelter, and basic everyday essentials. Drug testing those who receive public assistance would be beneficial to the whole country. While there will always be these that insist that drug testing these people is unconstitutional. It also appears that those taking advantage of the system is also unconstitutional. Drug testing, as a requirement for welfare, would ensure that those who have a

Junk food is a type of food that you can practically buy anywhere in the United States. It provides you with something to fill up your stomach for a short amount of time while you try to find something nutritious. The food stamps let you buy almost any food available that is not cooked. Some people of the U.S. do not have a stove or microwave to make food they just buy junk food to fulfill their hunger. Food stamps should be able to buy any food from the store.

She has chores that needed to be done on a daily bases without being told to do so, such