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HomeHealthChanging the Foodstamp Program: Undermining the Health of Families

Changing the Foodstamp Program: Undermining the Health of Families

Source: https://humanrightsforkids.org/healthy-kids/

The Trump Administration is proposing to significantly change the foodstamp program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP,  on which so many people depend. Public Health Solutions is a nonprofit organization that focuses on serving vulnerable families in New York City and plays a large role the city’s foodstamp program. Ailin Liu, Program Manager for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Public Health Solutions, joined host Diana Mason, RN, on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio to discuss the impact of these proposed changes on the people who depend upon them to feed themselves and their families.

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Diana is a senior policy service professor with the George Washington University School of Nursing Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement and founder of HealthCetera. She was previously president of the American Academy of Nursing and the Rudin Professor of Nursing at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. She is a health policy expert and leader. Diana tweets @djmasonrn.

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