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Poverty indicator targets large number of US children
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:59:44 GMT

A new study says food stamps will feed half of US children.

A new study has shown that nearly half of all US children
and 90 percent of black kids will eat meals at some point
during their childhood paid for by food stamps, an indicator
of poverty.

About 49 percent of all children were on food stamps at some
point by the age of 20, the research found. That includes 90
percent of black children and 37 percent of whites.

The analysis was released Monday in the November issue of
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, the
Associated Press reported.

Food stamps are a Department of Agriculture program for low-
income individuals and families, covering most foods
although not prepared hot foods or alcohol.

For a family of four to be eligible, their annual take-home
pay cannot exceed about $22,000.

According to a USDA report released last month, 28.4 million
Americans received food stamps in an average month in 2008,
and about half were younger than age 18.

The analysis is in line with another recent research
suggesting that more than 40 percent of US children will
live in poverty or near-poverty by age 17; and that half
will live at some point in a single-parent family.

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