Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Le Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, « Programme d'aide supplémentaire à la nutrition ») est un programme alimentaire fédéral des États-Unis. Historiquement et communément connu comme le Food Stamp Program (« Programme de bons alimentaires »), il fournit une assistance aux personnes et familles à faible ou aucun revenu vivant dans le pays. Bien que le programme soit géré par le Département de l'Agriculture des États-Unis, il est distribué localement par les différents États américains.

En avril 2011, ce programme concernait 46 millions d'Américains, soit 15 % de la population[1]. Le nombre d'Américains qui bénéficie de ce programme a atteint 44 millions en mai 2011, le plus élevé depuis que le programme a été mis en place en 1939 (c'est aussi le 37e mois de suite que ce nombre augmente)[2]. À Washington, D.C. et au Mississippi, plus d'un cinquième des habitants reçoit des bons alimentaires[3]. En juin 2009, le montant mensuel moyen était de 133,12 $US par personnne[4]. À la fin de novembre 2009, un adulte sur huit et un enfant sur quatre[5] profitaient des bons alimentaires et le nombre de bénéficiaires augmentait au rythme moyen de 20 000 personnes par jour[6]. Les participants doivent avoir un revenu de quasi-pauvreté (selon des critères établis par le gouvernement fédéral américain) pour recevoir des bons[7].

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  1. ↑ Près de 46 millions d'Américains vivent grâce à des bons alimentaires, Le Monde, 5 août 2011. Consulté le 6 août 2011
  2. ↑ SNAP Monthly Data
  3. ↑ 43 Million Americans Now Receiving Food Stamps, a 14% Increase , Democracy Now!, 3 février 2011
  4. ↑ Rampton, Roberta : Food stamp list soars past 35 million: USDA, Reuters (September 3, 2009).
  5. ↑ Food Stamp Record as Economy Drags - Record 40 Million on Assistance, National Ledger, August 5, 2010. Consulté le August 9, 2010
  6. ↑ DeParle, Jason and Robert Gebeloff : Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades, NYTimes.com (November 28, 2009).
  7. ↑ "Food stamp use in U.S. at record pace as jobs vanish", International Herald Tribune, 31 mars 2008. (Inscription obligatoire en mai 2009)

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