These poignant, touching photos show us the lives of food stamp recipients in the wake of program cuts...
Take Carly Poe, a 33-year-old single mom from Portland, Ore. She’s working on her Master’s in Public Health at Portland State University so that she’ll one day be able to provide more for her family. She works about 10 hours a week, part-time, at the hospital where her 14-year-old son was treated for cancer as a baby. She’s one of 805,000 Oregonians, about 20% of the state’s population, who depend on SNAP. Though her benefits were only set to fall to $220 from $240, she and her son received about $120 for food in February— money she says lasted about a week. In March she received $220, which she says will last just over two weeks, at most. To supplement her SNAP funds, Carly gets creative with her bills; she takes money she would use for bills and buys food. (She says it’s like playing a game of Tetris).
Take Carly Poe, a 33-year-old single mom from Portland, Ore. She’s working on her Master’s in Public Health at Portland State University so that she’ll one day be able to provide more for her family. She works about 10 hours a week, part-time, at the hospital where her 14-year-old son was treated for cancer as a baby. She’s one of 805,000 Oregonians, about 20% of the state’s population, who depend on SNAP. Though her benefits were only set to fall to $220 from $240, she and her son received about $120 for food in February— money she says lasted about a week. In March she received $220, which she says will last just over two weeks, at most. To supplement her SNAP funds, Carly gets creative with her bills; she takes money she would use for bills and buys food. (She says it’s like playing a game of Tetris).
See it here: http://time.com/3808213/people-on-food-stamps/
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