Question

What is the largest federal program designed to make sure that all americans have access to an adequate diet?

Answer 1

Answer:

The largest federal program designed to make sure that all americans have access to an adequate diet is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Explanation:

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is a federal program for helping low and/or no income residents of the United States of America. Although the program is managed by the Department of Agriculture, it is distributed locally by the various states.

Currently, most of the funds are distributed using plastic cards, but previously paper coupons of 1, 5 and 10 US dollars were used for this. These coupons could be used to purchase any necessary products in stores. At the end of the 1990s, paper coupons were replaced by debit plastic cards circulating in the special EBT system, and therefore in 2008 the mention of coupons disappeared from the name of the program.

The main goal of the program is to provide food to low-income citizens. However, as practice has shown, some families receiving food stamps did not spend less on the purchase of products - most of the money saved by exchanging food stamps is spent on them for other purposes.