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Racial disparities in poverty rates and their relation to SNAP program participation
Between 2015 and 2024 the broad headline is continuity with modest change: non-Hispanic white people remained the single largest racial group receiving SNAP benefits while people of color continued to...
In 2025 federal policy moves aimed at narrowing racial gaps in poverty centered on strengthening safety-net benefits, advancing an equity agenda across government, and setting procurement and budget p...
Since 2020, expanded and emergency government assistance—ranging from stimulus checks and enhanced unemployment to an expanded Child Tax Credit and rental relief—helped drive historic reductions in ch...