Comparative Programs
This monthly payment helps families with children under this age.
What is 18?
SNAP helps people buy this important thing that everyone needs.
What is food?
Most people who get SNAP benefits run out of them before the end of the month.
True (About 80% of recipients run out before month's end)
Food Banks Canada is this type of organization.
What is a national charity?
This program is the largest federal nutrition assistance program in the United States.
What is SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)?
SNAP can only be used to buy candy and soda.
False (SNAP can be used for most food items, not just candy and soda)
Unlike the United States, Canada does not have this federal food assistance program.
What is SNAP?
SNAP helps this group of people who don't have enough money to buy all the food they need.
What are low-income families (or households)?
Every state has the same rules about who can get SNAP benefits.
False (Different states have different rules and processes)