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based nonprofit City Green which allowed her to double her Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP benefits for the purchase of fruits and vegetables When the woman used the GusNIP program at the community...foods for Kentucky families These programs have been incredibly beneficial to recipi ents utilizing SNAP WIC and Seniors Farmers Market...

foods for Kentucky families These programs have been incredibly beneficial to recipients utilizing SNAP WIC and the Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program to increase their buying power at farmers markets...

1 April 19 2023 Building on SNAP s Effectiveness in the Farm Bill Steps to Protecting and Strengthening the Program Testimony of Ty Jones Cox Vice President for Food Assistance Policy Center on Budget...federal nutrition programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP formerly food stamps I have worked on SNAP policy and...

Research SNAP and Other Nutrition Assistance in the Farm Bill April 19 2023 My name is Whitley Hasty and I m honored to be here today to share how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP has positively...not see the sacrifices our parents make until we grow up and make them ourselves With the help of SNAP we were able to shop for...

partnerships between public and private entities USDA programs like TEFAP CSFP Farm to Family and SNAP provided needed income for farmers grocery stores and producers while also providing food for thousands...hunger while also being an economic driver in rural communities Modern izing the determination of SNAP benefit levels is a major improve ment...

the critical work of federal nutrition programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP The Emergency Food Assistance Program TEFAP and The Commodity Supplemental Food Program CSFP to address...185 of the federal poverty level meaning they earn too much to qualify for nutrition programs like SNAP Unique Positioning in Serving Hard...

at lower income levels are most in need of dedicated resources for fruit and vegetable access for SNAP participants and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program FFVP that has expanded to all states and territories...

policy from the start and it remains so today What is now the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP was first created and authorized by Congress in 1939 to allow people to buy farm surpluses that otherwise...remain true today First SNAP remains a lifeline for tens of millions of Americans as the most far reaching powerful tool to ensure...

rural communities SNAP is the foun dation of the safety net for American families who need just a little help to make ends meet usually just for a while The bipartisan evaluation of SNAP that we directed...mention the SNAP program it is an important topic for today s hearing With the backdrop of looming farm bill reauthorization USDA has estimated...

volatile than it was a few months ago That means people are going to need these programs like the SNAP program Then you also have the farmers and ranchers that are getting headwinds at them on many different...to nutrition programs like SNAP would be dev astating to child nutrition SNAP is also our largest child nutrition program serving 15 5...