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Article: Food stamp participation and food security. (Welfare Reform and Food Assistance).
- Article from:
- Food Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
- Author:
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Participation in the Food Stamp Program declined by 34 percent from 1994 to 1998. The strong economy accounts for much of the decline, but national food security survey data indicate that a rising proportion of low-income households either did not know they were eligible for food stamps or found it more difficult or less socially acceptable to get them. Many of these households did not participate in the Food Stamp Program even though they felt that they needed more food.
The Food Stamp Program is the Nation's largest food assistance program and a mainstay of the national nutrition safety net. Even after the recent decline in food stamp participation, about 1 in ...