[This is a guest blog post by Aaron Carrillo, a RESULTS advocate in Lawrence, Kansas.] Some kids look forward to their birthdays, or holidays. When I was young, my brother and I looked forward to tax time. It meant we could finally buy a second pair of shoes, or pants that fit. My mom would worry less for a little while about how we were going to pay for medical care, school supplies, and food. Tax season followed the winter holidays. My family struggled to pay the bills, so the holidays were quiet. We tried to focus on giving instead of receiving. When spring came, we would get excited. Many...

This is a guest post by Sharvonne Williams. As a child growing up in Harlem, I never realized that I was living in poverty. I didn’t know that the groceries my mom brought home were purchased with food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). My mom did a lot of things to make sure I never had to skip a meal and could lead a somewhat normal life, but the fact that we always had food at home is almost entirely due to SNAP. According to the most recent census data, one out of eight Americans live in poverty. Yet, Congress just proposed a farm bill that would...