States Hungry for Revenue Leave Billions in Food Aid on Table
Posted: December 15, 2011Almost a third of people who qualify for food stamps aren’t getting them, the U.S. Agriculture Department estimates. In California and Colorado, about half of those who are eligible aren’t being served. In California, which ranks last in food-aid use, the numbers are far higher. If 100 percent of those who qualify for food stamps participated, the state would collect $4.9 billion in additional federal benefits each year, according to a 2010 study by Oakland-based California Food Policy Advocates. Read the Business Week article in full…