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Dr. Eowyn posted: " This is what 4½ years of the Obama presidency have
wrought. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of
Inspector General's latest Audit Report 27001-0001-10, "Overlap and
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This is what 4½ years of the Obama presidency have wrought.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector
General's latest Audit Report
27001-0001-10<http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/27001-0001-10.pdf>,
"Overlap and Duplication in Food and Nutrition Service's Nutrition
Programs" (henceforth, *Report*), *the number of Americans receiving
subsidized food assistance from the federal government is now a staggering
101 million -- a number that is one-third of the entire U.S. population,
outnumbering the number of Americans who work full-time in the private,
i.e., non-government, sector of the economy.*
The U.S. Department of Agriculture runs a Food and Nutrition Service (FNS),
the mission of which "is to provide children and needy families with better
access to food and a more healthful diet through its food assistance
programs and comprehensive educational efforts". FNS consists of 15
individual programs with a combined fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget of $114
billion, some of which may duplicate or overlap with other programs (*
Report,* pp. 8 & 2). Those programs include:
- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the agency’s
cornerstone program formerly known as the *Food Stamp Program*,
comprises the largest portion of FNS’ overall budget at $88.6 billion in FY
2012.
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, which had a budget of $6.6
billion in FY 2012.
- Child nutrition programs such as the National School Lunch Program
(NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Summer Food Service, and the Child
and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which together totaled over $18
billion in FY 2012. (*Report*, p. 8)
FNS estimates that a total of 101 million people currently participate in
at least one of its programs, including *over 47 million in SNAP or food
stamps, a historically high figure* that has risen with the economic
downturn and *expanded eligibility *and funding of food assistance
programs. (*Report*, p. 11)
Unsustainable!!!!
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*~Eowyn*
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
estimates<http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/27001-0001-10.pdf>that a
total of 101,000,000 people currently participate in at least one of
the 15 food programs offered by the agency, at a cost of $114 billion in
fiscal year 2012. - See more at:
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The number of Americans receiving subsidized food assistance from the
federal government has risen to 101 million, representing roughly a third
of the U.S. population.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
estimates<http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/27001-0001-10.pdf>that a
total of 101,000,000 people currently participate in at least one of
the 15 food programs offered by the agency, at a cost of $114 billion in
fiscal year 2012.
- See more at:
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/101m-get-food-aid-federal-gov-t-outnumber-full-time-private-sector-workers#sthash.NoGORBtZ.dpuf
The number of Americans receiving subsidized food assistance from the
federal government has risen to 101 million, representing roughly a third
of the U.S. population.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
estimates<http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/27001-0001-10.pdf>that a
total of 101,000,000 people currently participate in at least one of
the 15 food programs offered by the agency, at a cost of $114 billion in
fiscal year 2012.
That means the number of Americans receiving food assistance has surpassed
the number of full-time private sector workers in the U.S.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 97,180,000
full-time private sector workers in 2012.
The population of the U.S. is 316.2 million people, meaning nearly a third
of Americans receive food aid from the government.
Of the 101 million receiving food benefits, a record 47 million Americans
participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
commonly known as food stamps. The USDA describes SNAP as the “largest
program in the domestic hunger safety net <http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap>.”
The USDA says the number of Americans on food stamps is a “historically
high figure that has risen with the economic downturn.”
SNAP has a monthly average of 46.7 million participants, or 22.5 million
households. Food stamps alone had a budget of $88.6 billion in FY 2012.
The USDA also offers nutrition assistance for pregnant women, school
children and seniors.
The National School Lunch program provides 32 million students with
low-cost or no-cost meals daily; 10.6 million participate in the School
Breakfast Program; and 8.9 million receive benefits from the Woman, Infants
and Children (WIC) program each month, the latter designed for low-income
pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as children younger
than 5 years old.
In addition, 3.3 million children at day care centers receive snacks
through the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
There’s also a Special Milk Program for schools and a Summer Food Service
Program, through which 2.3 million children received aid in July 2011
during summer vacation.
At farmer’s markets, 864,000 seniors receive benefits to purchase food and
1.9 million women and children use coupons from the program.
A “potential for overlap” exists with the many food programs offered by the
USDA, allowing participants to have more than their daily food needs
subsidized completely by the federal government.
According to a July 3
audit<http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/27001-0001-10.pdf>by the
Inspector General, the USDA’s Food Nutrition Service (FNS) “may be
duplicating its efforts by providing participants total benefits in excess
of 100 percent of daily nutritional needs when households and/or
individuals participate in more than one FNS program simultaneously.”
Food assistance programs are designed to be a “safety net,” the IG said.
“With the growing rate of food insecurity among U.S. households and
significant pressures on the Federal budget, it is important to understand
how food assistance programs complement one another as a safety net, and
how services from these 15 individual programs may be inefficient, due to
overlap and duplication,” the audit said.
- See more at:
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/101m-get-food-aid-federal-gov-t-outnumber-full-time-private-sector-workers#sthash.NoGORBtZ.dpuf
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