New tool reveals impact of gov’t programs, taxes on island’s poverty
December 12, 2024
The Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud developed the tool to better understand families living in poverty. #NewsismyBusiness
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CNE: Switching from PAN to SNAP would increase funds by 73%
August 11, 2022
CNE has advocated for years for a transition from PAN to SNAP.
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USDA approves $600M in new Nutrition Assistance Program funds for P.R.
July 11, 2019
Puerto Rico residents continuing to recover from 2017’s hurricanes could be eligible for increased nutrition assistance funded by U.S. Congress and provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This temporary assistance of $600 million in new benefits will be distributed through Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) beginning as early as August, […]
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House passes $600M for P.R.’s Nutritional Assistance Program, $350M for recovery
June 4, 2019
The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 2157, known as the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, that includes an additional $600 million for Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program, known as PAN for its initials in Spanish. The bill also includes $5 million to study impact on the use of PAN funds in Puerto Rico […]
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Feds likely to nix using nutritional assistance funding to pay for fast-food meals
March 7, 2012
The possibility that the federal government will give the green light to expanding Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits to include restaurants is practically zero, as Congress is looking to make funding cuts to lessen the system’s impact on the national budget.
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Nutritionists, restaurant association square off again over ‘Buen Provecho’ program
December 16, 2011
The controversy over whether Nutritional Assistance Program benefits should be expanded to include more fast-food restaurants escalated another notch Thursday when the Alliance for Adequate Nutrition supported its claim that it would be a mistake to do so by citing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent opposition to the proposal.
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