CPR: Not only is the number of Californians participating in the state’s federally funded food stamp program increasing, but the number of eligible recipients is decreasing, according to state and federal data.
California for years has lagged behind the rest of the country in terms of participation. Tied for 48th in 2013, only 66 percent of those eligible participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, called CalFresh in California.
The pool of Californians who are eligible for the program is shrinking. While the pool has increased from 6.36 million in 2010 to 6.98 million in 2014, it has decreased from a peak of 7.17 million in 2013, according to CalFresh estimates based on Census data.
“The good news in California is we’re going in the right direction on both lines,” said Kim McCoy Wade, chief of the CalFresh branch of the California Department of Social Services. more
California is going in the right direction? Sure, if you’re a Mexican.
Arkansas is drug testing all welfare and food stamp recipients now.
And not one of those turds has ever thanked Bad Brad for his major
tax contribution.
Um, how about the fact that produce is cheap and plentiful in the Golden State?
One of my friends did an unpaid internship years ago in Sacramento. When he saw how inexpensive fruits and vegetables were, he became a vegetarian for the summer. It was the only way he was able to feed himself decently on the money he had available.