Posted on 01/22/2019 6:58:41 PM PST by 11th_VA
Future federal funding for a key nutritional program helping thousands of Alaskans in need remains in doubt due to the partial government shutdown, according to state authorities.
The state doesn’t have any funds awaiting distribution under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program according to Shawnda O’Brien, director of Alaska's Division of Public Assistance.
SNAP’s latest disbursement, $12 million sent to about 33,000 Alaska households, was originally scheduled to be available by Feb. 1 – but federal officials told the state to issue it prematurely, with the funds released Jan. 20.
“They had to get the money out before the end of January, otherwise it wouldn’t have been available,” O’Brien said.
Beyond this week, however, the state is still waiting to hear about funding for March and beyond of what SNAP’s website under the U.S. Department of Agriculture deems “the largest program in the domestic hunger safety net.”
“Unfortunately, that’s pretty much where we’re at,” O’Brien said. “We’re waiting for further information.”
Division staff are participating in regular nationwide teleconferences with USDA officials, hoping to hear word of any change in the program’s status. O’Brien commended program participants for not providing inaccurate details to SNAP’s participants in Alaska.
“Some states are experiencing situations where grocery stores are giving outdated information to people,” O’Brien said. “So far we’ve done a pretty good job of communicating the information to our vendors.”
Thanks. I’m not cutting red meat, and we do eat fish and a lot of chicken, beans too.
We don’t do processed food very often. home cooked. It’s just spendy! Especially with 3 growing kids in the house.
Your main food ingredient should be from the beans family. Those are high in protein, low in saturated fat and has good amounts of fiber.
Get rid of most red meat from your diet. In my opinion it increases risk of cancers such as prostate, breast, colon and lungs because it is high in saturated fats and cholesterol which causes additional problems like clogging your arteries and cause heart disease.
——————————— Sounds like the government food pyramid, or maybe Michelle Obama’s school nutrition plan, designed to get us all eating like third world countries. You left out the roasted grasshoppers -— or do you eat yours raw? (Sorry... couldn’t resist.) BTW, people who eat moderate animal protein, high fat diets, who decrease their carbohydrates to very small amounts (20 to 30 grams per day), and stop sugar, actually experience a big drop in bad cholesterol levels, and a reduction in clogged arteries. And if they’re overweight and have type 2 diabetes, their blood sugar often normalize. The diet you describe, used to be considered a very healthy diet, but newer studies, plus huge amounts of anecdotal evidence, has shown that, at least for those overweight and with type 2 diabetics, the diet I suggested is healthier. There are, if course, still dieticians out there who blanch at the thought of the low carb, moderate protein, high fat diets.
The context of my post was problem with high cost of food. In my own case, I seldom eat red meat, eat 1 egg daily, fish once a week and chicken once a week. Rest of my diet is beans, whole grain breads, vegetables & fruits. I will soon be 79 age, never had heart attacks, or strokes, and cured my pre-diabetic condition by going on 15 hour daily fasting. For exercise I use the gym every other day for 1 hour, doing treadmill & weights. I require zero medications. My healthcare expenses are close to zero. Actually I signed for a medicare supplemental plan which PAYS ME $55/every month!
Red meat is fine in small quantities. If you order a 10 oz steak, put half of it in a doggy bag and you will be just fine.
So I can speak from actual experience. Grew up in a family where red meat was served once a week for Sunday early dinner. And it was very lean goat meat only. Only other non-vegetarian protein was 1 or 2 eggs weekly (depending on how many eggs our domestic chickens laid) and fish curry once a month. Everything else was beans, whole grain wheat naans, many different vegetables including root vegetables and rice. We had plenty of good milk from domesticated water buffaloes in the barn.
Cancer was unheard of in the family. Both grandfathers lived to mid-90’s without any serious diseases. My mother lived to age 103 and I don’t even remember she ever got sick.
I left home at age 20 to enroll in a graduate degree program in Univ of Iowa, and had all A’s and 1 C (the C was result of a professor from Texas who talked with a pipe in his mouth and a serious drawl, and I could not understand half the stuff he was saying). Point is the mainly vegetarian diet did not handicap me in any way.
Now at age 78, I seldom eat red meat, eat 1 egg daily and fish once a week and chicken couple of times a week. My healthcare expenses are close to zero. Actually my Medicare-Supplement plan from Humana pays ME $55/every month to stay on the plan.
We lean toward hamburger or the occasional crock-pot roast. Most of the time its chicken or pork.
I appreciate it FRiend.
Every Alaskan is paid a stipend for oil
production in the state, and manages its $51 billion portfolio. This year, each
resident was issued a check for more than
$2000.00. Cry me a river.
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