Freeholder Curley Declares Food Stamp Emergency
The County has found 3 months of backlogged food stamp applications.
Monmouth County Freeholder John P. Curley has called for an emergency team to be assembled, to sift through backlogged food stamp applications and continue to take in requests. “I found that food stamp applications and processing were over three months in arrears,” said Curley in a news release. “It is unacceptable in Monmouth County for any of our citizens to go hungry when they are eligible under federal criteria to receive food stamps.” Curley oversees the county Department of Human Services this year, and has authorized a "quick response team," to handle the distribution of food stamps and quickly provide benefits. “I have ordered five part-time employees to be employed within the county’s food stamp division to handle inquiries that …
gjc
10:07 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
According to Mitt Romney, he's not worried about the poor. They have plenty of safety nets like food stamps and subsidized housing. I guess no one told him that there is a 3-month backlog for food stamps in "rich" Monmouth County. What the heck. So the poor have to wait 3 months to eat. That only means they starve to death waiting. more ›