Food Aid Eludes Half of Poor ; Group Pushes Relaxed Federal Eligibility Criteria

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Half of all low-income people did not collect food-stamp benefits in 2004, says a report released today that examines poverty on state and county levels.

This is lower than the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) estimate that 60 percent of those eligible participated in the Food Stamp Program in 2004, said the National Priorities Project (NPP), a Massachusetts research organization that studies the impact of federal spending policies.

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Food Aid Eludes Half of Poor ; Group Pushes Relaxed Federal Eligibility Criteria

Federal eligibility criteria "cuts off many low-income people from receiving benefits, so the USDA figure does not add...

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