am very happy that you took this issue on. I am a divorced mother of 4. I am disabled with 3 conditions that rely on nutritious foods for me to survive. The main one Diabetes is very hard to deal with on food stamps. Further I have an 11 year old Autistic child that has feeding issues. Although my son and I both receive SSI/disability in ohio the standard is very close to the $1 per meal that you guys are working with. Believe me we are not eating steaks and shrimp. Most of the time I have to rob from the utility companies each money to buy groceries because the food stamps usually last about a week and a half. There is no cost of living increase for food stamps and whatever amount is given annually as a cost of living increase from SSI is taken away from food stamps dollar for dollar. The other thing that is forgotten is that a lot of disabled people even with Medicaid are not covered for personal supplies that are only needed due to their ilness. I have many things that I have to try and ft into my budget monthly and certain things I have to go without. There is even a device that all but totally eradicate one of my illnesses but it is not covered bu medicaid and I canot afford $180 per month to rent it. Because of not having this machine I already spent 7 months away from my kids in a nursing home which I am sure cost way more than $180 a month. Child Support barely helps because my ex only makes a little above minimum wage and I am unable to work outside the home, though I hav tried to find work from home online it just usually turns into some sort of scam.The worst part about this is Summer is coming and my kids wont have the free lunch and breakfast prograsto fall back on so we will be trying to live off approximately $6 a day. With the increase in fuel prices I am just wondering how much groceries are going to go up.

This is a great idea, and very admirable. Thank you for keeping the poor in mind during these very contentious weeks.

I'm so happy that you did this. I wish more will do that and see how the poor is living. This is not right how people have to live like this. I hope that what you all are doing bring some positive outcome for the poor. Not only this but other issues that the poor have to face on a daily basis, i.e. housing, health care, dental care, child care, good social services programs that actually will help the poor. Thanks Jan for fighting for families. And thank-you for the support that I have received from your office whenever I call for assistance.