said the analysis underscores that "there are just very large numbers of people who rely on this program for a month, six months, a year.""What I hope comes out of this study is an understanding that food stamp beneficiaries aren’t them — they're us," Weill said. The analysis is in line with other recent research suggesting that more than 40 percent of US children will live in poverty or near-poverty by age 17; and that half will live at some point in a single-parent family. Also, ...