The article interviewed two of my former colleagues, Dr. Karla Shelnutt and Jeannie Necessary, and some of the Family Nutrition Program's many partners across the state. Jeannie highlights that this cut will especially hurt rural communities.

However, gains in material security from the EITC expansion under ARRA were not evenly distributed; families with a Hispanic head of household saw much smaller and statistically non-significant reductions in the probability of experiencing one or more forms of hardship. 3/

A bright spot on day 7 of 1,461 very long days - we got to attend a live taping of @thedailyshow.com with Jon Stewart as host.