SNAP boosted rural employment during the Great Recession
The Obama administration’s economic stimulus package took on the Great Recession through steps that included a temporary increase in food stamp benefits. Now a USDA report says that higher per-capita SNAP redemptions “had a positive average impact on county-level employment” in rural areas from 2001 to 2014 but especially during the recession, which lasted from… » Read More
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