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States Scramble To Replace Ripped-Off Food Stamps Benefits — Including Massachusetts

States Scramble To Replace Ripped-Off Food Stamps Benefits — Including Massachusetts

Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Elaine Povich Last September, when Baltimore resident Tzu Yang went grocery shopping for his intellectually disabled daughter with a food benefits card that he thought was worth about $300, he discovered at the checkout that the card had no value left. The same thing happened in October, November, and December.

Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Elaine Povich Last September, when Baltimore resident Tzu Yang went grocery shopping for his intellectually disabled daughter with a food benefits card that he thought was worth about $300, he discovered at the checkout that the card had no value left. The same thing happened in October, November, and December.…