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Helsinki - Lillie Gonzales is what it takes to three voracious sons who live under his roof. It grows his own vegetables at home on Kauai, runs his own small business and as a record of 42 million other Americans, it relies on food stamps.

Gonzales and her husband constantly are eligible for food stamps now that Hawaii and others are quietly extend eligibility and providing benefit to low-income families more work, moderate.?

Data from the U.S. Department of agriculture, reviewed by the Associated Press showed that 32 States have adopted rules, making it easier to qualify for food since 2007 stamps.In all, 38 States have relaxed eligibility standards.

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Hawaii went further than most, for a family as Gonzales to earn up to $59,328 and still get food stamps.

Before an increase in October 1, Hawaii five family income eligibility limit was $ 38,568 per year.

"If I didn't have food stamps, I could buy white rice and spam every day," said Gonzales, business angels of the island style Hawaiian fabric Angel ornaments, quilts, aprons and handbags.

Food stamps eligibility varies from one State to another, with the most generous 11 States enabling families to apply if their gross income is less than twice the federal poverty line of $for a family of four on the U.S. mainland.The threshold is higher in Alaska and Hawaii.

With more than 1 in 8 u.s. now on food stamps program participation jumped approximately 70 per cent of 26 million in May 2007, while unemployment rates in the nation increased by 4.3% to 9.2% in September of this year.

"We have seen a huge increase participation because of the recession," said Jean Daniel, a spokesman for the food and the Nutrition Service of USDA. "This is how the program has been designed.?

In addition to helping to alleviate the economic pressures, many States adopt popularity of food stamps because their cost - 50 billion last year - is paid for entirely by fédéral.états Government are required to pay half of the administrative costs of their programmes.

Food stamps were blown by some Republicans in this season midterm election that another program of federal law with the former Chamber President Newt Gingrich with the vote as a choice between "party food stamps" and Republican policies that create jobs.

Food Programme participants stamp, technically called program supplementary nutrition receive one per person on average $133 per month to buy clips, including milk, bread and vegetables.

Shortly after Hawaii announced it was raising its eligibility limits begin this month, three carloads of 10 elderly has led to the Kauai independent food bank to ask whether they qualifié.Neuf them have done, said Judy Lenthall, Executive Director of the Food Bank, helping people to apply for food stamps.

"We saw an immediate and massive wonderful response," said Lenthall. "It surprised us is spreading fast.?

States have relaxed food stamp eligibility it was moving towards a system where applicants could benefit based on their income and other assets such as real estate, vehicles and savings accounts could be ignored.

Based on single income food stamps allows the newly unemployed seniors seek food aid Government without having to sell their possessions or exhaust every dollar they won, first, said Sue McGinn, Director of the food programme stamp in Colorado, which will expand eligibility for starting in March.

"They wipe out their savings benefits", said McGinn.

Many of these States also raised revenue limits, even if the plaintiffs are still show they live mainly in the line of poverty after taking account of deductions, including the eldest of the medical expenses and child support.

"It helps people with low income and moderate struggling," said Stacy Dean Centre based in Washington, D.c. budget and policy priorities. "They do everything we want: they're paying their bills, take care of their children, and they do not yet have enough money at the end of the month to put food on the table.?

Since 2000, the only States which have not adopted the lower address food stamp eligibility criteria are in Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah, South Dakota, Virginia and Wyoming.

In Hawaii, where any milk for gasoline is generally highest in the nation, the changes are greeted by the Gonzales and others.

"As long as my children have good food, it is all that myself," said Gonzales. "It makes a huge difference.?

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