Briefs Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Federal Policy Ife Finch Floyd GBPI’s 2023 Farm Bill Recommendations to Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program September 25, 2023 / September 25, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd No one should go hungry simply because they cannot afford the cost of food. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as Food Stamps, helps about 700,000 Georgia households put food on the table and protects them against hunger. But the program needs to be strengthened and protected as federal lawmakers consider […] Read more » Benefit Adequacy Child Well-being Client Protections Customer Service Eligibility farm bill Federal Law food insecurity food stamps Georgia Health Outcomes hunger Policy Recommendations SNAP
Fact Sheets Health Justice Laura Harker Food Assistance Helps Promote a Healthy Georgia June 20, 2018 / March 15, 2021 by Laura Harker About 1.7 million Georgians receive help to put meals on the table through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are considering changes to SNAP with the potential to reduce food benefits and increase costs and overhead for states. These threats to SNAP pose a risk of hunger for Georgia […] Read more » farm bill health SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Alex Camardelle Blog Cash and Safety Net Proposed Farm Bill Creates Steep Federal Barriers to Food Assistance May 7, 2018 / February 26, 2021 by Alex Camardelle Congress is poised to put the nutritional health and economic vitality of hundreds of thousands of Georgians at risk as it prepares to reauthorize the federal Farm Bill and its wide range of agricultural and rural development programs. Top threats to Georgians include the Farm Bill’s provisions to require work in exchange for food assistance […] Read more » farm bill Food Assistance food stamps SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements
Author Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson About 168,000 Struggling Georgians at Risk as U.S. House Pushes Food Stamp Cuts August 14, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Melissa Johnson When the U.S. House returns from its recess in a few weeks, representatives are expected to consider a bill that slashes $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. A cut that size eliminates benefits for up to four million people in the U.S. In Georgia, about […] Read more » farm bill food stamps Melissa Johnson SNAP
