Program’s Purpose Provide nutrition to those who simply cannot afford to get the nutrition themselves. Electronic Benefit Transfer Card Income and assets requirements Blogspot.com
Benefits Mentally and physically disabled Unemployed Refugees Large Families General poor Helps grocers and farmers survivingthestores.org Azcentral.com
Problems EBT Card Abuse Funds carry over to next month Long-term users Foodista.com Theburningplatform.com
Fraud Small Still $750 Million dollars per year
Problems Continued Junk Food Obesity Lobbyists Bondingwithfood.wordpress.comPensitoreview.com Sugarshockblog.com
Common Ground Feed the poor Help unemployed get back on their feet Supply nutrition to the poor and their children Wholefoodsmarket.com
Mediation Limit carry-over funds Limit junk food purchases Raise average work week and funnel more individuals into existing training programs Bixbynursesregistry.com
Mediation Continued Demand second form of I.D. Picture on the EBT card Limit or evaluate number of claims people can have for new cards Movethefood.org Uah.com
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