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‘Ripple effect’: SNAP cuts to affect local healthy-living programs

Educational extensions that are part of SNAP, the federal food-purchasing program, are in jeopardy as federal funding is slated to end on Oct. 1.

The programs have been identified by critics as sources of waste and fraud, but providers say the programs provide important information and have decades of data to show their worth. We spoke to two such vendors. Continue reading …

SNAP-Ed teaches skills like cooking healthy meals and stretching food dollars to program recipients. These services will likely go away when funding stops Oct. 1. Credit: Erin Blewett for Billy Penn

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