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West Virginia puts healthy eating program on hold

Given free tokens through an Upshur County nutrition program, Julia Harvey looked like a grown-up digging for change in her handbag to pay for watermelons, potatoes and her favorite, cucumbers. Julia Harvey picks out her own free watermelon thanks to a federally funded nutrition program that won’t be happening this summer, due to looming federal…

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A SNAP Program Incentivizing Healthy Eating Has Paused Due To Lack Of Funding

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is intended to alleviate hunger and malnutrition among low-income households. In 2019, the program served an average of more than 282,000 West Virginians per month. SNAP is a fully federally funded program, except for some state administrative costs. But in West Virginia, the average benefit is $1.29 per person…