The New York Times Continues its Food Stamp Coverage

The Gray Lady strikes again with a gut wrenching story about families that subsist on nothing but food stamps for income. No unemployment compensation, no cash assistance, no job. Nothing. The coping mechanisms utilized by people in this predicament is heartbreaking.

And the amount of people dealing with this terrible hand is rising quickly. Check this out:

Yikes.

In our experience, we would estimate that half of all the clients we see don't have any income or have an income of under $250 a month. These people depend on food assistance to survive. Hopefully we can keep helping these people sign up.