Food Stamp Benefits to Increase

Food stamp benefits will make a small increase, New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum announced.
Food Stamp Benefits to Increase
SHORTAGE: A food pantry on Manhattan's Upper West side runs low on food as recent months bring in more people in need of services. An expansion of the Federal government's food stamp program will take effect Oct. 1. Christine Lin/Epoch Times
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SHORTAGE: A food pantry on Manhattan's Upper West side runs low on food as recent months bring in more people in need of services. An expansion of the Federal government's food stamp program will take effect Oct. 1. (Christine Lin/Epoch Times)
Christine Lin
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Christine Lin is an arts reporter for the Epoch Times. She can be found lurking in museum galleries and poking around in artists' studios when not at her desk writing.
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