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About 5 million people off of food stamps since October


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1 minute ago, noonereal said:

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About 5 million people off of food stamps since October

 

The USDA data reveals that a total of 587,792 people discontinued their participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) between December 2017 and January 2018.

The latest numbers show that on the whole, food stamp enrollment has been on a steady decline for the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2018, which began in October 2017.

  • October to November- 4,008,165
  • November to December- 329,584
  • December to January- 587,792
  • The decline came as states curtailed their temporary SNAP benefits in the months following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
  • President Trump mentioned in 2017 that he wanted to make it a priority to keep SNAP program costs down at the state and federal levels, which if implemented, could cause enrollment to decline even more this year as the administration releases its plans to reform the federal welfare system.
 
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