to go by. >> great. i'm morgan. >> john. >> john, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> so you need to take a seat, and this is the application form. >> okay. >> john has come to tc asha to up for the supplemental assistance program also known as snap or food stamps. today, 1 in 7 americans rely on food stamps to keep from going hungry and in louisiana, a whopping 1 in 5 depend on the progr program. have you applied for assistance before? >> no, i have not. >> and what brought you in today, and what is the deciding facto factor? >> well, things are just getting tough, man. i haven't been working in a while, and i stay at home, and i take care of our son. and it has been this way now for a little bit over a year, ant it does not work, man, you know what i mean? >> why so hard for you to find work? >> my job as a bricklayer in the union evaporated. it was just gone. there was no more. i had a job making $25/hour, and