![]() ![]() The typical SNAP household had gross income of $711 per month, according to the USDA, with SNAP benefits supplying more than 27% of a household's monthly funds. "There are two problems: One, the standards are too low and two, we're not meeting the standards," Gallagher told CSP Daily News. This, said Mari Gallagher, principal of Chicago-based Mari Gallagher Research & Consulting Group, is part of what feeds the poor nutritional outlook for lower-income Americans and helps perpetuate the food-desert issue. While standards may vary by state, participants in the USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can use their benefits toward any food or food product-not including foodservice items. ![]() Department of Agriculture.īecause of the vital role these programs play to low-income consumers, public health advocates consider these programs an essential link-and one of the biggest roadblocks-to improving the public's health and eliminating food deserts, or areas where little to no healthy food is available for purchase. Approximately 33.7 million Americans were using "food stamps"-known more recently as electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards-to purchase food in 2009, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. CHICAGO - Many convenience-store retailers have customers who rely on federal nutrition assistance programs to buy food. ![]()
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