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Tag: supplemental nutrition assistance program

Christina Henderson wants to be the next at-large member of the D.C. Council. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Council Member Henderson Sponsors Bill to Aid Food-Insecure Residents

by James Wright Jr. May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

D.C. Council member Christina Henderson has authored a bill seeking to assist recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more often referred to as SNAP.

Courtesy of Center for American Progress
Posted inNational

Trump Food-Stamp Changes Would Hurt Low-Income Children, Group Testifies

by WI Guest Author February 7, 2020December 21, 2021
Donald Trump
Posted inNational

Trump Administration’s Proposed SNAP Changes Target Millions

by WI Guest Author December 2, 2019December 21, 2021
Hunger and food insecurities are regular themes of the holidays. (Courtesy of Johns Hopkins University)
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Cruel Threats to Hungry Families and Children

by WI Guest Author March 20, 2019October 31, 2020
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announces her plan for emergency legislation to ease the burden on furloughed federal workers who have to report to work but who are not getting paid during a press conference at the Capital Area Food Bank January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mayor Bowser announces emergency legislation, giving DC Government the ability to provide more federal employees with much-needed unemployment insurance benefits and she calls for an end to the federal government's partial shutdown. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Mayor Offers Assurance, Support to Federal Workers During Shutdown

by WI Guest Author January 25, 2019October 31, 2020
Cuts to SNAP and WIC programs are a threat to women and infants. (Courtesy of UC Davis Center for Poverty Research)
Posted inHealth

Government Cuts to SNAP, WIC Affect Black Women: Report

by Stacy M. Brown May 9, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inBusiness

Thousands of Amazon Employees Rely on SNAP

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer May 2, 2018October 31, 2020
President Donald Trump (Courtesy of Trump via Facebook)
Posted inNational

Trump Admin Mulls Mandatory Drug Testing for Food Stamp Recipients

by WI Guest Author April 12, 2018October 31, 2020
Donald Trump
Posted inEditorial, Opinion

EDITORIAL: D.C. Should Prepare for Pain if Congress Approves Trump’s Budget

by WI Guest Author May 31, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inPolitics

Republican Budget Would Shred Safety Net

by Washington Informer March 25, 2015October 30, 2020

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