SingleStop USA Media Coverage
November 24, 2009
Re: "49 Million Americans report a lack of food" Original source: New York Times: Letters to the Editor To the Editor:
Astonishingly, more than $65 billion in such benefits and services goes unclaimed each year. Government entities, partnering with nonprofit organizations, must launch a coordinated campaign to streamline the entire benefits process. There is no excuse for maintaining a 19th-century welfare system in a 21st-century society. Technology and other common-sense strategies can ease access and increase the number of families that are helped. For example, a pilot program run by San Francisco uses Webcams to replace in-person interviews for food stamps. We must create easier, faster, bolder systems to place food stamps in the hands of the hungry. Elisabeth Mason The writer is chief executive of SingleStop USA, which tries to improve access to government benefits, tax credits and services for the working poor. |
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