How do Food Stamps benefit people?

I have to respond to a debate, and my teacher chose my position, which is that food stamps are helping people. I need to know how they benefit people and how they are good.

Mostly, food stamps are good because they keep a lot of people from going hungry. They allow low income people to get enough to eat, and help them feed their children. Getting food stamps (which are now called SNAP) can help keep people out of poverty, as well. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/food-stamps-2012_n_3940186.html