SNAP Recipients, Grocers Complain About Payment Schedule
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Illinois grocers and government food assistance recipients want the state to increase the number of days it disburses benefits to help relieve sporadic food shortages.
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program recipients say it's sometimes difficult to find fresh fruits, vegetables and meat in the last two weeks of each month since Illinois in 2013 began distributing the assi