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New Day, Same Mission: The Evolution of SNAP

October 30, 2014 Jessica Shahin, Associate Administrator for SNAP

This fall, USDA is celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the signing of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, which made the Food Stamp Program permanent. In looking back over the past 50 years, there are two notable events in the program’s history that had a significant impact...

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