South Carolina’s leaders want permission to limit the types of food that low-income families and individuals can buy with food stamps, an effort they say is aimed at improving health, reducing obesity and lowering health care costs in the state. As part of this effort, Governor Nikki Haley and Catherine Templeton, director of the S.C. … Continue reading »
Thousands of poor South Carolinians with disabilities continue to live in grossly inadequate conditions in community residential care facilities (CRCFs) across the state. On April 9, 2013 Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A) released Still…No Place to Call Home, an update of its 2009 report, No Place to Call Home. The … Continue reading »
There’s a law in place that bans individuals who have been convicted of felony drug crimes from ever being eligible to receive food stamps or cash assistance. Though states are able to opt out of the ban, many have not and others maintain a partial version of it. The New York Times shared an article … Continue reading »
Missing a meal means more than being hungry. It can be painful and cause problems in the classroom and beyond. This video sheds some light on the issues kids can have when they miss breakfast.
