Food-stamp enrollment is lowest in seven months

Some 46.25 million people received food stamps in the latest count, the lowest figure in seven months, said USDA. Enrollment in December 2014, the most recent month available, was 11,000 lower than the month before. Participation peaked at a record 47.8 million in December 2012. The anti-hunger group Food Research and Action Center said enrollment fell by 530,000… » Read More

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