Tag: Food Stamps

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 40 percent of the babies born in each of the last six years were born to unmarried mothers. (iStock Photo)

Surge in welfare stems from rise in out-of-wedlock births

Terence Jeffrey · September 3, 2014 6:24 pm

Food stamp fraud is so widespread that Government Accounting Office investigators found dozens of examples merely by searching online e-commerce sites like Craigslist.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Online food stamp fraud growing, GAO reports

Kelly Cohen · August 27, 2014 7:08 pm

In this file photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Those at the front lines of junk-food food stamp purchases rail at USDA secrecy

Luke Rosiak · August 12, 2014 2:59 pm

Buffalo and Erie County are seeing a big increase in the number of older residents receiving food stamps, though families with children continue to make up the largest group participating in the federal program, according to a report in The Buffalo News. (iStock Image)

Buffalo-area seniors on food stamps rises

Associated Press · August 11, 2014 1:05 pm

2 Fla. brothers sentenced for food stamp fraud

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2014 7:09 am

Va. gets federal bonus for food stamp program

Washington Examiner · July 4, 2014 6:46 pm

Florida gets bonus in food stamp program

Washington Examiner · June 27, 2014 7:01 am

88 Charged in One of Largest Food Stamp Frauds Ever

Jeryl Bier · June 11, 2014 9:50 am

11 charged in Syracuse area food stamp thefts

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2014 8:51 pm

Thousands of Washingtonians received food stamp benefits last year -- despite being deceased.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Thousands of dead people use food stamps in Washington state: Audit

Kelly Cohen · May 29, 2014 5:23 pm

West Virginia is one of seven states to see an increase in the number of residents receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a nonprofit group said in a recent report. (Thinkstock Image)

Food stamp use increases in West Virginia

Associated Press · May 28, 2014 4:00 am

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NYC announces public assistance reforms

Associated Press · May 20, 2014 4:00 am