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In 2005, 12.4 million children received food stamps, increasing
from 11.8 million in 2004. The number of children receiving food stamps
dropped by nearly a third in the years immediately following the
enactment of federal welfare reform in 1996, but has risen each year
since 2000.
Nine out of 10 children living in poor families receive food
stamps, a benefit designed to increase the food purchasing power of
low-income households--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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