A million fewer people received SNAP last December than in December 2012, the Agriculture Department announced — the fourth straight month in which participation fell from the previous year. But participation in Connecticut grew by 13,000 over that period. And government data show that spending on SNAP fell slightly as a share of US gross domestic product in fiscal year 2013, as the Congressional Budget Office and other experts expected. Flattening participation is the main reason for SNAP’s declining share of GDP in FY 13.
Source: Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, 3/6/14, SNAP Participation; SNAP Spending
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