Tag: Food Stamps

  • State Patches Hole in Nutrition Funding Left by Fiscal Cliff Deal

    City Heights mother Latonya Frazier has started substituting healthier ingredients in her soul food recipes, thanks to nutrition education from the Network for a Healthy California. Federal funding for the program was cut in January’s fiscal cliff deal. | Photo Credit: Amina Sheik Mohamed By Megan Burks State Patches Hole in Nutrition Funding, Aired Feb.…

  • Tweet City Heights: Nearly 1 in 6 Families Had Trouble Getting Food Last Year

    By Megan Burks Nearly 1 in 6 U.S. Households Had Trouble Getting Food Last Year A report out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found 14.9 percent, or 17.9 million, households had difficulty putting food on the table at least once last year because of limited resources. The figure is a slight increase over 2010,…

  • Tweet City Heights: Affordable Care Act Turns Two

    By Megan Burks Affordable Care Act Turns Two Today marks the second anniversary of the federal health reform law known as the Affordable Care Act. To celebrate, advocates and the media are taking a look at how far the law has come. The milestone also brings the law’s first major test—the Supreme Court will examine…

  • Growth in Food Stamps Participation Slows

    County Supervisor Ron Roberts appeared on KPBS last week to preview his State of the County address and provide an update on efforts to expand the county’s food stamps program. County leaders have come under intense scrutiny in recent years because advocates for the poor say the county doesn’t provide social services to enough people.…

  • Video: Problems Still Plague County Food Stamp System

    By Maureen Cavanaugh, Joanne Faryon, Patty Lane and Claire Trageser Five out of six calls to a county hotline designed to help residents access food stamps and other benefits are dropped, according to an inTelegy report first publicized in U-T San Diego. The report, commissioned by the county, also found that those callers who do make it through wait an…