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About one-third of those SSI recipients also get a benefit from Social Security.
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 May 2025
The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR by an official who was not allowed to speak publicly.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 9 May 2025
Bisignano has also pledged to protect the personal data of Social Security recipients.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
The Circle of Brotherhood, along with Urban League of Broward County, who had been the recipient of a $400,000 grant to prevent hate crimes, were among 365 nonprofits that had federal funding cuts.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 May 2025
The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR by an official who was not allowed to speak publicly.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 9 May 2025
Bisignano has also pledged to protect the personal data of Social Security recipients.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
The Circle of Brotherhood, along with Urban League of Broward County, who had been the recipient of a $400,000 grant to prevent hate crimes, were among 365 nonprofits that had federal funding cuts.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
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“Recipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recipient. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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recipient
noun
re·cip·i·ent
ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt 
: one that receives
the recipient of many honors
recipient
adjective
Medical Definition
recipient
noun
re·cip·i·ent
ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt
: an individual who receives biological material (as blood or an organ) from a donor
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