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October 17, 2019

500,000 Kids Could Lose Free School Lunches Under Changes to Food Stamp Program
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Up to a half a million children could lose access to free school lunches
under the Trump administration's proposed changes to the food stamp
program. That's according to a newly released analysis by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Critics of Trump's proposal say the new
analysis shows the plan is "even worse than we had feared."


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