Carlos Rodriquez, who runs the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, talks about the impact of cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in New Jersey.
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According to the USDA, only 74 percent of applications to New Jersey's food stamp program, SNAP, are processed within the 30-day legal requirement.
Carlos Rodriguez of the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties says with unemployment stubbornly high, about 2 million people in New Jersey are at poverty.