Food Stamp Office

The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 41.3 million in June as the jobless rate hovered near a 27-year high, the government said.

Nearly $2 million in food stamps were given out in July in DeSoto County.

A new study says that many people who could qualify for food stamps cannot get access to the food stamps. What’s your experience with the food stamp program? If you’re an applicant, recipient, merchant or if you work with an agency or company that deals with food stamps, please share your story with KPCC.

Friday is the last day low-income flood victims can apply for extra food stamps. People have been forming long lines all week long, and Friday morning was no different.

inflation.us Prepare and Sign Up! Welcome to the Greater Depression As the unemployed and jobless become desperate in California many begin turning their homes into income generators. One house in particular caught my eye recently by turning their living room into a restaurant. In a sign that America is slowly becoming more like a third world country houses become weekend stores, restaurants, Medical Marijuana Collectives, day care centers and beyond. The street is telling the story of the unfolding economic collapse better than any article I can read. Unemployment and Food stamps and Welfare seem to be the lynch pins in our society on the west coast. Once government runs out of funds to support these entitlements, I fear for my children’s future.