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PublishedOctober 3, 2021
Maine food stamp recipients see first major benefits boost in four decades
The hope is that it will help bring stability to some of the many state residents experiencing food insecurity.
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PublishedMay 6, 2020
New Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program offers cash to help feed Maine’s children
Families whose children get free or reduced-price meals will get $382 per child to compensate them for what they missed after schools closed.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Trump administration rule will cut food stamps for nearly 700,000 people
The new plan will strip states' ability to issue work requirement waivers unless a county has an unemployment rate of 6% or higher.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2019
More than 44,000 Mainers projected to lose food assistance under SNAP proposal
A Trump administration proposal to kick millions of Americans off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would threaten essential food benefits for more than 44,000 Maine people, nearly half of whom are children, older Mainers, and people with disabilities, according to The Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2019
Thousands of Mainers could lose food stamps under Trump administration plan
The new rule would prohibit states from automatically enrolling people who are eligible for other welfare benefits.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2018
Senators must support SNAP
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PublishedJuly 1, 2018
SNAP participants are not failing
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PublishedJune 21, 2018
Bruce Poliquin hails House farm bill that Chellie Pingree opposes
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PublishedJune 20, 2018
Farmers' market participates in Maine Harvest Bucks program
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PublishedMay 10, 2018
Reject proposed farm bill
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