Food-Stamp Decline Shows Low-Income Relief: EcoPulse

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Participation in the U.S. government food-stamp program is declining modestly as low-income Americans get some economic reprieve.

About 46.25 million people were enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in April, according to the most-recent data available from the Department of Agriculture. That’s down 3.2 percent from a high of almost 47.8 million in December 2012. May figures are scheduled to be released Aug. 8.