How one tech startup is giving cash to SNAP recipients

“At the end of the day, the single biggest thing we can do in this country is to get SNAP back online,” says Propel CEO Jimmy Chen. Sharnette Collins

Sharnette Collins

Propel CEO Jimmy Chen knows how it feels to go hungry.

When he was growing up in Kansas City, his parents sometimes struggled to put food on the table. Today, his Brooklyn tech company makes a free app for people on the federal government’s anti-hunger Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

About 5 million people use Propel’s app to check

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