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Oh “SNAP!” What is It & Did You Know it’s been going on for 50 years?

By |2018-10-24T18:07:00-04:00September 2nd, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

It has been 50 years since the Food Stamp Program, now known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”), has been in permanent effect. Since 2008, SNAP is the new name for the previous known federal Food Stamp Program. Did you know that in 1961 President Kennedy signed his first Executive Order which initiated the Food Stamp [...]

Happy 80th Anniversary Social Security, but Will it Still Be There?

By |2018-10-24T18:07:00-04:00August 14th, 2015|Categories: Elders, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Today marks the day as the program celebrates its 80th anniversary, but will it still be there in the future? On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) signed the Social Security Act into law with these profound words: "Today, a hope of many years standing is in large part fulfilled...We have tried to frame [...]

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