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librarian. mom. wife. gamer. cold brew fiend. she/her.
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Rapid City Public Library (SD) needs to cut 10% of its budget: www.newscenter1.tv/news/rapid-c...
Rapid City library facing 10 percent reduction in funding
Loss could impact programs, staffing, open hours in 2026
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November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw:

- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital

SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence from the Food Stamps Program Martha J. Bailey, Hilary W. Hoynes, Maya Rossin-Slater & Reed Walker X LinkedIn Facebook Bluesky Threads Email Link Working Paper 26942 DOI 10.3386/w26942 Issue Date April 2020 We use novel, large-scale data on 43 million Americans from the 2000 Census and the 2001 to 2013 American Communities Survey linked to the Social Security Administration’s NUMIDENT to study how a policy-driven increase in economic resources for families affects children’s long-term outcomes. Using variation from the county-level roll-out of the Food Stamps program between 1961 and 1975, we find that children with access to greater economic resources before age five experience an increase of 6 percent of a standard deviation in their adult human capital, 3 percent of a standard deviation in their adult economic self-sufficiency, 8 percent of a standard deviation in the quality of their adult neighborhoods, 0.4 percentage-point increase in longevity, and a 0.5 percentage-point decrease in likelihood of being incarcerated. Based on these estimates, we conclude that Food Stamps’ transfer of resources to families is a highly cost-effective investment into young children, yielding a marginal value of public funds of approximately 56.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Ahhh Shannon!! This is so cool!
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Many people don’t know that there are #oralhistory collections that provide firsthand accounts of the experiences of Black Texans. Take a moment to explore them today. Here’s one collection:

#Juneteenth #TexasHistory #BlackTexans #BlackTexasHistory

bn.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
Juneteenth memories from Baylor’s oral history archives
bn.web.baylor.edu
June 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM