Michigan Food Assistance Reaches 10 Year High The Lansing State Journal reports that the number of people in the Michigan needing government help buying groceries is at an all-time high, topping 1 million in a month for the first time since 1994. That's one out of every nine Michiganians (11% of residents) buying their daily bread with food stamps. On Friday and over the objections of anti-hunger groups, the U.S. House voted Friday cut $700 million from the Food Stamp Program. Michigan could lose about $1 million in federal money if that passes. Also see In search of daily bread: A record number of families in Michigan use food stamps, area food banks in the LSJ Also see Local agencies raising funds as requests for food aid climb in the LSJ Food Bank Council of Michigan Posted/updated Nov 21, 2005 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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