California´s struggle to get food stamps to the hungry
(WorldNews Politics)

California, a state with the nation´s highest poverty rate, consistently ranks near the bottom when it comes to enrolling low-income people in CalFresh, the state´s name for the federal food stamp program. That translates to a lot of federal money that California forsakes each year. Low-income Californians would have received an additional $1.8 billion in 2016 in federal funding if CalFresh reached every eligible person, California Food Policy Advocates, a nonprofit that promotes greater access to food for low-income people. `It´s outrageous that so many Californians struggle to put food on the table,` said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat. `We´re leaving money on the table,...