SNAP Has Big impact on Supplemental Poverty Measure

This month, the U.S. Census Bureau released data showing that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, kept 4.7 million Americans out of poverty in 2011, including 2.1 million children.  It used a new poverty measure that counts taxes and non-cash government benefits.

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