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Priorities for Food Stamp Reauthorization

Background

Over 251,000 Coloradans (5.3 percent) rely on food stamps to help provide a nutritionally adequate diet. The number of people in Colorado receiving food stamps has risen over 61 percent since 2000.
220,000 households in Colorado are what the USDA calls food insecure.
In Colorado food stamps are worth about $1.19 per meal per person.
The Food Stamp Program brought over $323 million to the Colorado economy in 2006.
About 80 percent of food stamps go to households with children. The remaining 20 percent goes to households with elderly or disabled people.
Nationwide the $26.5 billion in federal food stamp benefits generated an estimated $52.6 billion in economic activity and created an estimated 173,000 farm jobs.

Released Aug. 2, 2007

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