Food stamp use rising in suburbs

A recent study from Temple's Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicator's Project (MPIP) on hunger in the Philadelphia region reveals the biggest increase of people using food stamps is happening in the suburbs. In the eight-county Philadelphia region, the number of households on food assistance is up 34 percent. The biggest increase is coming from Bucks and Montgomery Counties. "It's saying that people need help. It's saying that the recession is genuinely the most severe recession we've had since the great depression," said David Elesh, a sociologist at Temple and co-principle investigator at MPIP. "It's hardly over."
Feb. 13, 2011 | Fox29