A new report says the government’s program that gives families aid to pay for groceries is failing in some aspects of its execution, such as not accounting for many barriers to finding affordable, nutritious food by inner-city shoppers.
The report, which was put together by an independent group for the National Academy of Sciences, found that the program, officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, also lags behind the increasing cost of food and penalizes beneficiaries with jobs.
The U.S. Agriculture Department, which administers the aid program, commissioned the report to help it determine the best way to assess whether food stamps benefits are allowing families to have a healthy diet.
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NOTE: This report is pushing more government involvement i.e. billions more tax dollars dumped into the program to increase amount households receive, teach food stamp recipients how to shop for healthy foods, make sure affordable grocery stores are in poor neighborhoods of all cities.