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SNAP: Portland Film Asks, "Can You Eat Healthfully On Food Stamps?"
Summary:
A new film from a husband and wife team in Portland examines whether you can eat a healthful diet on a Food Stamp budget.
February 15
SNAP: Portland Film Asks, "Can You Eat Healthfully On Food Stamps?"
Publication: Neighborhood Notes
This backlash is perception-oriented,” Shawn DeCarlo, Metro Services Manager for the Oregon Food Bank, explains. “There are news stories of millionaires receiving unemployment, so people call for means testing [recipients before they] receive public assistance—passing a drug test, can’t own a mobile phone or a laptop. These efforts target the ‘most visible’ low-income people who make poor financial decisions, yet ignore the home-bound kids or the shut-in elderly suffering from hunger.
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