Source: US National Archives. Series: World War II Posters, compiled 1942-1945. Earlier this month, the USDA came out with its annual report on government food assistance programs, which now make up 70 percent of all USDA spending. What was formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, now called SNAP, accounts for 73 percent of the [...]
Federal spending for USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reached $68.2 billion in fiscal year 2010, and an average of 40.3 million people per month participated, the largest number of participants ever. ERS has added 2008 participation counts and 2009 benefit amounts to its historical State and county-level data file and interactive maps, allowing analysis [...]
For 2011, the USDA’s mandatory food stamp (SNAP) and other nutritional assistance programs will total $100 Billion dollars. When discretionary food assistance programs are added, the number becomes $108 Billion, or 72% of the USDA’s annual budget authority. This number is up 30% since 2009, from $82 Billion. The 2011 budget provides funds for anticipated [...]
