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Video: Making America Stronger: U.S. Food Stamp Program

March 8, 2007
Video tells the story of how food stamps dramatically reduced the extent of severe hunger in our country, how they continue to help Americans in need, and how this essential program can achieve still more.

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Policy Basics

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, helping over 40 million low-income people afford a nutritionally adequate diet in a typical month in 2017.

We work to protect SNAP from efforts to sharply cut benefits or convert the program into a block grant for states. We also work with the U.S. Agriculture Department to ensure that it implements SNAP efficiently and effectively.

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A More Complete Look at SNAP and Work
Some supporters of the House Agriculture Committee farm bill’s proposal to take food assistance away from people who don’t work a set number of hours per month have pointed to statistics that,...

SNAP Supports Workers in Every State

This Labor Day, millions of workers across the country are better able to feed their families thanks to the support of SNAP (formerly food stamps). SNAP’s structure supports work by supplementing...
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