Definition of food stamp
: a government-issued coupon that is sold at little cost or given to low-income persons and is redeemable for food
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Yet by default, given the limited reach of programs such as welfare and food stamps, community college has become one of America’s largest and most important anti-poverty programs.
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The vetoed budget plan would have taken away funding from other state services such as food stamps, higher education the TOPS college scholarship program and food safety inspection.
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While the public fight has focused on food stamps, these lobbyists have pushed for changes that provide even more benefits to factory farms and corporations.
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Voters in these districts are also more likely to have health insurance, less likely to rely on food stamps, less likely to be in poverty and more likely to have jobs in, say, the financial sector over agriculture.
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But this year’s bill contains measures tightening work and job training requirements for food stamps, which have driven Democrats away.
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The executive order is the strongest statement Trump has made about the country's social safety net program since his February budget proposal to slash billions of dollars in food stamps, health insurance and federal housing subsidies.
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The proposal would affect those who currently receive at least $90 a month in food stamps, which is 81% of SNAP recipients, or more than 16 million households.
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The last king of Rwanda, Kigeli V, in stark contrast, lived his final days in exile in suburban Washington, D.C., on food stamps and in public housing.
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First Known Use of food stamp
1939
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Definition of food stamp for English Language Learners
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: a small document that is given by the government to poor people and that can be used to buy food
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