Wal-Mart plans $2B push on hunger relief
The company is more than doubling its annual rate of giving as the number of Americans receiving food stamps has risen to one in eight, and food banks are straining to meet demand.
Ore. food stamp demand high
More people are getting food stamps through the Oregon Department of Human Services than ever before.
In April, more than 700,000 Oregonians received food stamps, equivalent to about one in every 5 people. That is higher than the national average, which is about 1 in every 8.
More families relying on food stamps to feed their kids
"They are a really good barometer, a kind of economic-needs test," said Mark R. Rank, an expert on social welfare programs at Washington University in St. Louis. "If you're receiving food stamps and you're a child, by definition, you're in poverty."
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