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Native America Calling: Holes in the food safety net
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Holes in the food safety net
Many low-income families got an unwelcome surprise after supplemental COVID food security programs expired earlier this year.
Funds available for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dropped to a fraction of what they were previously. Suddenly, people didn’t have enough to eat and no remedies in sight.
Those cuts hit Native American families hardest, as they have a much higher percentage of SNAP participation than the population as a whole.
Guests on Native America Calling
Karmela Martinez (San Ildefonso), director of the income support division at the New Mexico Human Services Department
Toni Stanger-McLaughlin (Colville Tribe), CEO of Native American Agriculture Fund and board member of Feeding America
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