var q washingtondctanfprogramThe politics and demographics of food stamp recipients. Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to have received food stamps at some point in their livesa participation gap that echoes the deep partisan divide in the U. S. House of Representatives, which on Thursday produced a farm bill that did not include funding for the food stamp program. Overall, a Pew Research Center survey conducted late last year found that about one in five Americans 1. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. About a quarter 2. Of these, about one in five 2. Democrats say they had received food stamps compared with 1. Republicans. About 1. The share of food stamp beneficiaries swells even further when respondents are asked if someone else living in their household had ever received food stamps. According to the survey, about three in ten Democrats 3. Republicans 1. 7 say they or someone in their household has benefitted from the food stamp program. But when the political lens shifts from partisanship to ideology, the participation gap vanishes. Self described political conservatives were no more likely than liberals or moderates to have received food stamps 1. Beyond politics, equally large or larger gaps emerge in the participation rates of many core social and demographic groups. For example, women were about twice as likely as men 2. The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services NASDDDS is the professional organization for the chief administrator in each. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D. C. 202509410. The D. C. Opportunity Scholarship Program provides scholarships to lowincome D. C. children in Kindergarten through 12th grades to attend a D. C. private school. Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to have used this benefit during their lives 3. Among Hispanics, about 2. Minority women in particular are far more likely than their male counterparts to have used food stamps. LongTerm Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF Recipient. To qualify for this target group, a new hire must be a member of a family that meets one of the. Federal schoollunch program may not be a reliable measure of poverty. Fsdhr. alabama. gov. For other participation questions Betty S. White, Program Supervisor. Alabama Dept. of Human Resources. 50 Ripley St, S. Gordon Persons Bldg. About four in ten black women 3. The gender race participation gap is also wide among Hispanics 3. Hispanic women but 1. Hispanic men received assistance. Among whites, the gender race gap is smaller. Still, white women are about twice as likely as white men to receive food stamp assistance 1. The survey also found that adults 6. For example, about 1. Those who have a high school diploma or less formal education are roughly three times more likely than college graduates to have been helped. The farm bill passed by the House on Thursday, after a day of intense and sometimes hostile debate, was stripped of about 7. Senate which has approved a very different version of the legislation. The legislation represented the first time since 1. House version failed to provide support for food stamps. The vote Thursday was 2. Democrats present voting to oppose the measure. Twelve Republicans also voted against the bill. While politically, congressional Republicans have focused on reducing spending on federal entitlement programs, the Pew Research survey found the U. S. to be a bipartisan nation of beneficiaries. The survey found that significant proportions of Democrats 6. Republicans 5. 2 say they have benefited from a major entitlement program at some point in their lives. So have nearly equal shares of self identifying conservatives 5. The programs were Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Category Social Studies. Topics Entitlements, Domestic Affairs and Policy, Political Party Affiliation.