WASHINGTON — Can bigger food stamp benefits alleviate child hunger in rural Kentucky? U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday that the Obama administration wants to find out.
The Department of Agriculture will spend $27 million on five demonstration projects in rural areas “to see whether new and creative ways work more effectively in trying to deal with child poverty and the hunger that’s associated with it,” Vilsack told HuffPost before the announcement.
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“I don’t think there’s any understanding or appreciation of the depth of child poverty in many rural areas in this country,” Vilsack said.
