Tag Archives: social safety net

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:27 — 9.4MB)Subscribe: RSSBack in 1968, a group of Bloomington women who all went to the same church came up with a brilliant idea. They were trying to solve two challenges associated with poverty: the cost of goods, and the cost of childcare. They opened Opportunity House, a secondhand store providing a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:18 — 8.4MB)Subscribe: RSSDuring the government shutdown in October and November, Indiana’s most vulnerable citizens came very close to going hungry. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly known as SNAP, were delayed by over a week and cut by 35% for more than half a million Hoosiers. Local food pantries stepped up, …