SNAP PARTICIPATION DROPS BY MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION

National SNAP participation in June 2014 was 46,496,145, a drop of 1,264,102 people compared with June 2013. In Connecticut, however, nearly 10,000 more people relied on SNAP in June 2014 than in June 2013 (a 2.2 % rise). Economic hardship and need for food assistance remain relatively high, although economic improvements are expected to slow SNAP participation. About one in seven Americans received SNAP and about one in eight were unemployed or underemployed in June of 2014. And survey data indicate that nearly one in five people did not have enough money to feed themselves or their family in 2013.

Source: Food Research and Action Council, 9/8/14, SNAP Participation