CAN'T DO THA
REPORTER: TO USE THIER SNAP
CARD, PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO GO TO
THE STORE.
A PROBLEM FOR SOME FAMILIES AND
SINGLE PARENTS,, SOT, IF THEY
WERE ABLE TO ORDER ONLINE, THEN
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR
CHILDREN IN SAFETY.
ANOTHER 101,000 MORE MISSOURIAN
FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT THIS
WEEK.
TRACI GLEASON OF THE MISSOURI
BUDGET PROJECT, THINKS THIS WILL
BE AS BAD AS THE GREAT
RECESSION,, SOT, AND GIVEN THE
INCREASE IT COULD BE DOUBLE THIS
TIME AROUN
REPORTER: PALMER THINKS FOR THE
FOLKS USING HIS PANTRY, AND
PROBABLY ON FOOD STAMPS, WILL
ALSO NEED A BREAK ON DELIVER
>> LOT OF TIMES THE SNAP
BENEFITS MAY NOT PAY FOR T
FEE.
REPORTER: THEN THERE'S THE
SEATON CENTER FOOD PANTRY, AND
OTHERS LIKE THEM,, SOT, THIS
FOOD PANTRY LOOKS BIGGER ON TV
THAN IT IS.
AND BECAUSE OF ALL THIS, THE
DEMAND FOR FOOD FROM HERE HAS
ROARED UP.
>> AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT
GOING FROM 25 TO 30 HOUSEHOLDS A
DAY TO ABOUT 60 HOUSEHOLDS A DAY
SINCE, SINCE MARCH.
REPORTER: MISSOURI GOVENOR MIKE
PARSON SUPPORTS THIS.
HIS ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING FOR
THE WAIVER FROM THE USDA.
THEY RUN THE PROGRAM.
AS MISSOURI HOPES TO JOIN OTHERS
STATES ALLOWING PARTICIPANTS OF
THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM TO BUY
