Merced County, rural areas most impacted by Census funding cuts

September 25, 2017 / We'Ced

Above: South Merced residents participate in a recent community assessment for Building Health Communities (BHC), Merced. Read More

Food Stamp Cutback Hits Home For Young People

November 12, 2013 / We'Ced

In 2009, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits – commonly known as food stamps -- by 13.6 percent, as a way to bring relief to struggling Americans during the economic recession. But on November 1 of this year the increase expired, returning SNAP benefits to to pre-recession levels. The program cut will affect roughly 4 million Californians, many of them young people. We’Ced members discussed the importance of food assistance programs in their own lives, and how they foresee the change affecting their families.