Welch Joins Bicameral Bill to Fight Senior Hunger, Expand SNAP Benefits for Older Americans

Welch Joins Bicameral Bill to Fight Senior Hunger, Expand SNAP Benefits for Older Americans

Nearly 38% of Vermont households participating in SNAP have an elderly person  9.6% of older Vermonters live below the poverty line  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, cosponsored the Senior Hunger Prevention Act, bicameral legislation led by Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—called 3Squares in Vermont—benefits for older Americans. U.S. […]