Children's Defense Fund-Ohio Sees Deep Declines in Child Benefit Enrollment: Economic Improvement May Only Tell Part of the Story
August 01, 2019
August 01, 2019
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 1 -- The Children's Defense Fund-Ohio issued the following news release:
Child enrollment in public benefits saw major declines according to the latest data from Children's Defense Fund-Ohio and its KIDS COUNT 2019 Fact Sheets released today. Children receiving SNAP/Food Stamps fell from 34.1 in 2017 to 32.1 percent in 2018 (amounting to over 50,000 children), the largest decline over a single year in nearly a decade. When comparing the last two years, this deep . . .
Child enrollment in public benefits saw major declines according to the latest data from Children's Defense Fund-Ohio and its KIDS COUNT 2019 Fact Sheets released today. Children receiving SNAP/Food Stamps fell from 34.1 in 2017 to 32.1 percent in 2018 (amounting to over 50,000 children), the largest decline over a single year in nearly a decade. When comparing the last two years, this deep . . .