Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 4:34:35 GMT -6
Lawmaker: WV food stamps used in ‘far-off vacation destinations’
West Virginians who receive food stamp benefits spent $52.5 million last year at stores outside the state, according to a report requested by Delegate Jill Upson, R-Jefferson.
West Virginia residents used their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) debit cards to make $1 million in purchases in both Florida and North Carolina, $580,000 in South Carolina and $343,000 in Minnesota.
Food stamp recipients in the Mountain State also rang up their cards — albeit for significantly smaller amounts — in Alaska, California, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, according to a report by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
About 11.5 percent of SNAP benefits were spent at out-of-state stores, mostly in states that border West Virginia.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160211/lawmaker-wv-food-stamps-used-in-far-off-vacation-destinations
West Virginians who receive food stamp benefits spent $52.5 million last year at stores outside the state, according to a report requested by Delegate Jill Upson, R-Jefferson.
West Virginia residents used their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) debit cards to make $1 million in purchases in both Florida and North Carolina, $580,000 in South Carolina and $343,000 in Minnesota.
Food stamp recipients in the Mountain State also rang up their cards — albeit for significantly smaller amounts — in Alaska, California, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, according to a report by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
About 11.5 percent of SNAP benefits were spent at out-of-state stores, mostly in states that border West Virginia.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160211/lawmaker-wv-food-stamps-used-in-far-off-vacation-destinations