Money, Poverty, Prejudice and Being “A Basic”

I am one of those “basic girls” who lives in Suburbia , loves @Target a little too much, and has rock hard abs … not.

#FoodStampChallenge is worse than a hard level of @CandyCrushSaga

@candycrushsaga is easier that #foodstampchallenge for @mendpoverty. I am hungry and tired!

Food Stamp Challenge – aka: I will miss you coffee.

meet each need with dignity @MENDPoverty #stopsummerhunger and the Foodstampt budget.

Cal Fresh Awareness Month

MAY is Cal-Fresh Awareness Month. #fb @MENDpoverty (Meet each need with dignity) and other food banks are working to educate and enroll needy people.

Grocery Money $Making it Last

#fb, Otherwise known as “A word of advice from Sonya’s mother”. Foodstamps, aka SNAP is carefully calculated to provide enough funds to feed the family or individual they are issued to for an entire month when other income sources are factored in. However, Food Banks are seeing a crush of clients come in at the […]

SNAP/ Food Stamp income guide

this is by request from a client in a local shelter – the rest of the information can be found on the site this information came from – http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/applicant_recipients/eligibility.htm Households have to meet income tests unless all members are receiving TANF, SSI, or in some places general assistance. Most households must meet both the gross […]