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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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