Two families from Nampa were featured in an NBC piece this week about the high demand for food assistance and the rush to purchase food on the first of the month, when money is deposited into recipients’ accounts.  What the piece doesn’t detail is the number of Idahoans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (or SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), and how much that number has grown in recent years. According to this study from the Urban Institute, Idaho saw its SNAP enrollment go up by 123 percent between 2007 and 2010.  Idaho’s increase in SNAP rolls was second only to Nevada’s, where use of the program grew by 128 percent over the same period/Molly Messick, StateImpact. More here. (Photo: Rock Center/NBC)

Question: Do you know Idahoans who rely on food stamps to supplement poor-paying jobs to get by?