Vermonters relying on 3SquaresVT as only support up 66 percent in two years

A record 83,342 or 1 in 8 Vermonters currently rely on 3SquaresVT (formerly Food Stamps) to buy their monthly food and participation continues to rise.  3SquaresVT is designed to be a nutrition supplement for limited-income Vermonters; yet as the economic recession lingers and jobs remain scarce, more Vermonters count the benefits as their only source of support. 

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Update on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 10:30AM by VCF Staff

About one-fourth of the people eligible for food stamps have not signed up, according to a national survey of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which put Vermont's participation rate at 73 percent (compared to a national average of 66 percent).

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