The US Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most food stamp benefits are now distributed using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards but for most of its history the program has used paper vouchers of some kind.

New statistics from the Department of Public Social Services reveal that illegal aliens and their families in Los Angeles County collected over $37 million in welfare and food stamp allocations in November 2007 – up $3 million dollars from September, announced Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

The story of how Wisconsin threatened to take away a pregnant woman's medical coverage and food stamps unless she quit her part-time mall job.

This is just great , engaged for 11 years and two kids later, Now they decide to get married. Another injust8ce fostered upon the born american taxpayer. He'll get his SSI check while in prison, She will get hers , plus her kids will get ADC, and welfare, food stamps, all free medical care. And this judge di dit out of compassion BS.

A state food stamps supervisor in Plantation was arrested Friday afternoon on charges she diverted about $1.5 million in state welfare dollars -- some of which was spent on a Lexus sport utility vehicle and a Lexus sedan or was spent gambling at local casinos, police say.

MONTANA -- An El Salvadoran who was in the United States illegally has been sentenced to eight years in prison for using a false identity to receive government benefits. Tomas D. Ramirez, 44, was ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution for federal and state student aid and food stamps he received illegally.