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The Trump administration has not sent $600 million in emergency food stamp aid to Puerto Rico two weeks after President Donald Trump approved the funds, and the US territory does not expect to ...
The federal government provided additional food stamp aid to Puerto Rico after the hurricane, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues before ...
The federal government provided additional food stamp aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues ...
Puerto Rico’s block grant food assistance program already doesn’t stretch enough to meet the needs of its recipients.
TOA BAJA, PUERTO RICO – At the Casa Ismael clinic for HIV-positive men with severe health complications, the staff used … ...
Puerto Rico has started cutting benefits paid out by a food stamps program used by more than 1 million of its residents, as federal lawmakers have not provided the island with additional emergency ...
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program, the U.S. territory's version of food stamps, has run out of the $900 million that Congress has ...
When the power first went out in Puerto Rico, some Puerto Ricans who opened food relief boxes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) found chocolate bars, cookies and potato chips. “I ...
It has been nearly three weeks since Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico and 85 percent of the island is still without electricity. Latest U.S.
Puerto Rico has started cutting benefits paid out by a food-stamp program used by more than 1 million of its residents, as federal lawmakers have not provided the island with additional emergency ...
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September of 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began distributing emergency food. An analysis of 10 consecutive days of federal food aid ...
The federal government provided additional food-stamp aid to Puerto Rico after the hurricane, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues before ...