Hanson, Kenneth; Oliveira, Victor - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007
increases in food stamp caseloads and benefits issued. In November 2005, the number of people receiving food stamps reached a … record 29.7 million, or about 4 million more participants than just 3 months earlier. Most of the increase in caseloads …. The hurricanes’ impact on caseloads in these States, in terms of both magnitude and duration, varied widely. States that …