Record high distribution of food stamps, 13 million more Americans were on food stamps.
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Food stamps: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is delaying new eligibility requirements for food stamps.
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Food stamps do not cover sanitary supplies, and some low-income women have reported trading food stamps for tampons.
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People receiving food stamps The number of people receiving food stamps has increased significantly under Obama, according to the USDA.
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Food stamps Touting the "Trump economy," the President said that under his administration, 7 million Americans are off food stamps.
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There's Medicare for all, free college for all, food stamps for immigrants, food stamps for illegal immigrants, universal child care and more.
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Food stamps: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking to prohibit murderers, sexual abusers and lottery winners from receiving food stamps.
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From a widow on food stamps (I was on food stamps before widowhood) to owning a four-bedroom ranch is HILARIOUSLY unreal to me.
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If you get food stamps, we are going to hassle you to do a drug test for food stamps and God knows what else.
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Should we ban Safeway from accepting food stamps as long as it sells wine — because food stamps aren't allowed to pay for wine, but accepting food stamps gives Safeway extra revenue and helps it "keep the lights on" to sell wine to other customers?
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Food stamps: The Agriculture Department is changing its requirements to apply or participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formally known as food stamps.
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As many as 44% of people on food stamps have at least one person working in the household, and 23,000 military families rely on food stamps.
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Food stamps are given to recipients on a debit card that is programed to only pay for food (undeniably, some people "sell" their food stamps for cash).
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In Georgia, roughly 71 percent of people on food stamps are families with dependent children and only 8 percent are people receiving food stamps with no children.
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The idea is simple: When people on food stamps (or SNAP) shop at farmers markets (and more recently, participating grocery stores), the food stamps double in value.
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The gap you see between the solid and dotted black lines is the difference between the extreme poverty rate not counting food stamps and the rate counting food stamps.
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Not only was I a food stamps kid, I was also occasionally a food stamps mom — thankfully for only brief periods during a medical crisis or unexpected job loss.
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In fact, the move to EBT from physical food stamps is credited with reducing food stamps trafficking, because EBT leaves an electronic footprint to track both retailers and purchasers.
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The gap you see between the solid and the dotted black lines is the difference between the extreme poverty rate not counting food stamps and the rate counting food stamps.
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Food stamps The USDA will run out of funds to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, if the shutdown drags into February, something that would affect 38 million Americans.
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Free testing, food stamps, Medicaid -- The bill also includes free coronavirus testing for all Americans, additional funding for Medicaid and more flexibility for states to provide SNAP benefits, or food stamps.
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Historically, attacks on food stamps have often involved a barely disguised racial element — for example, when Ronald Reagan imagined a "strapping young buck" using food stamps to buy T-bone steaks.
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And we're ... not going on welfare and food stamps.
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From food stamps to conservation efforts, a look at the massive legislation House Republicans push tougher work requirements for food stamps Woman charged with welfare fraud collected $100G in food stamps, Medicaid, authorities say The USDA official noted that much like jobless numbers, the number of enrollees in SNAP tends to fluctuate month by month.
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Feeding the hungry is important, but you might get more leverage from helping them sign up for food stamps, or convincing their state to expand eligibility for food stamps so that they qualify.
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Instead, he threatened to cut everyone off from food stamps.
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And the number of American people on food stamps. Sad.
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They are receiving either Medicaid, food stamps or public housing.
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We have encouraged more people to go into food stamps.
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Tracie McMillan looks back on her year on food stamps.
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The family also receives $421 a month in food stamps.
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But in 2016, food stamps cannot be widely used online.
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"This was about food stamps," said Peterson after the vote.
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It also outlines cuts to food stamps and housing assistance.
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Food stamps and Medicaid will end as we know it.
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Only 4.6 percent of seniors are on food stamps, too.
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What is the difference between Pell grants and food stamps?
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Food stamps are currently housed in the Department of Agriculture.
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The Hill: Shutdown could delay food stamps beginning in February.
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Is it wrong for me to apply for food stamps?
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Yours are few enough that you're entitled to food stamps.
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Fighting over food stamps nearly derailed the last farm bill.
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The couple also receives $39 a month in food stamps.
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In August, the mother of four applied for food stamps.
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What if food stamps only covered one in four families?
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Nearly 5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps.
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The administration has also taken aim at cutting food stamps.
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She also receives food stamps and Social Security Disability payments.
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Food stamps (SNAP), for example, come from the Farm Bill.
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In New York, for example, farmers' markets accept food stamps.
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Though food stamps help ease the burden, they are inadequate.
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Food stamps are getting slashed — 700,000 Americans may lose them.
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Now the family receives $205 a month in food stamps.
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We've ... lifted over 4 million Americans off of food stamps.
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He has a sign declaring that he accepts food stamps.
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In Milwaukee, Rogers isn't despairing about losing his food stamps.
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Food stamps (or SNAP) would be cut by 21 percent.
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She is not currently working and receives $190 in food stamps.
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Many of its workers relied on food stamps to get by.
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But most people on food stamps have other sources of income.
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The amount of Americans on food stamps is down by millions.
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Two million fewer people on food stamps, yes, America is back.
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More than 3.5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps.
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Food stamps are a perpetual bailout for the junk food industry.
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Both food stamps and Pell grants are government-funded financial handouts.
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We do get — don't laugh — $16 a month in food stamps.
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"She added: "I made so little I qualified for food stamps.
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But it's impossible for people to live on food stamps alone.
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And he can do that, and I'll go get food stamps.
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He was collecting food stamps before his music career took off.
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Among them are Medicaid expansion and food stamps for asylum seekers.
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Her pay is low enough that she qualifies for food stamps.
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Neither do the grocery stores, which cannot process her food stamps.
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What happens when a job is required to get food stamps?
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While job hunting, she started receiving unemployment benefits and food stamps.
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What do households on food stamps buy at the grocery store?
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For example, the government does not count food stamps as income.
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It exempts about 1.8 million New Yorkers who use food stamps.
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About 1.7 million people in New York City receive food stamps.
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At the beginning of 1978, she was living on food stamps.
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Trump Proposes Replacing Food Stamps and Gutting MedicaidThe White House's budget proposal for 2019 has revealed a plan to slash spending on food stamps and introduce "America's Harvest Box," a monthly supply of non-perishable food.
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I mentioned food stamps and that guy who's seriously overweight went crazy.
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If food stamps are cut, they could fall back into extreme poverty.
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She said she made $1 too much to qualify for food stamps.
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Thirteen million more Americans on food stamps, eight million more in poverty.
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He didn't speak to one person on food stamps on those calls.
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When he was elected in 233, 28,223,000 people were receiving food stamps.
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The retailer took in 18% of all food stamps several years ago.
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It should be more like food stamps, not a subsidy to work.
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I relied on food stamps and WIC coupons to keep us fed.
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Full-time study often makes it impossible to qualify for food stamps.
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That accounts for about 23 percent of federal spending on food stamps.
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Were more people than 500,000 affected by the cut in food stamps?
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She also relies on food stamps to buy groceries for her family.
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If you want to have food stamps, have you got to work?
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is better known as food stamps.
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Food stamps can't pay your rent or buy clothing for your kids.
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As a result, he was ineligible for government benefits or food stamps.
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Both Pell grants and food stamps require recipients to show financial need.
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Republicans, emboldened by Trump, have attacked food stamps and health care reform.
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Nearly half the people receiving food stamps are working at some job.
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Democrats had us voting [for] Democrats with food stamps for years, bro.
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When moved off food stamps, half of these Kansans began working immediately.
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Now I work minimum wage and I have to take food stamps.
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"Over 193 million Americans are on food stamps," Trump said last year.
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Life is hard enough as it is for people on food stamps.
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"I don't look down on anybody who uses food stamps," she said.
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In the 1980s, conservatives wanted to attach work requirements to food stamps.
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She's applied for unemployment and is planning to look into food stamps.
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It can't touch things like food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
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The legislation further suspends work and work training requirements for food stamps.
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For those who relied on food stamps, this was a devil's bargain.
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By the administration's own estimate, around 700,000 people will lose food stamps.
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Zhavahna Thompson, 22, has been on and off food stamps for years.
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Many people approach her table to ask how to receive food stamps.
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Ms. Patel said she receives about $189 a month in food stamps.
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But the changes to SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, alienated Democrats.
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And that includes many recipients of Medicaid, food stamps, and housing subsidies.
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Ms. Tedesco had been scraping by on cash assistance and food stamps.
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Food stamps, unemployment insurance, disability benefits all get the same treatment. Why?
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The Trump administration finalized a rule tightening work requirements for food stamps.
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By contrast, we spend 3 times as much annually on food stamps.
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They would keep millions of low-income families from getting food stamps.
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They would keep millions of low-income families from getting food stamps.
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But those savings will not come from denying food stamps to millionaires.
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But those savings will not come from denying food stamps to millionaires.
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But enrollment in food stamps among the migrant population is still dropping.
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Similarly, many childless adults already have to work to get food stamps.
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She then started working in a factory and living off food stamps.
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Food stamps have long been a crucial subsidy for low-income recipients.
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Cash aid is better than a food voucher (you can't pay rent with food stamps), but if the goal is to increase the amount of money going to poor families, cutting food stamps and school meals aren't great options.
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Senate passes its version of farm bill, setting up clash over food stamps.
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Food stamps were at the heart of a bitter partisan debate last year.
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Pay is so low that many warehouse workers are reportedly on food stamps.
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This is how they measure success -- more welfare, more food stamps, more Medicaid.
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Since the election, we have lifted 3 million people off of food stamps.
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Those buying groceries with food stamps are also exempt from paying the fee.
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Food stamps and federal housing, among other things, are about to be hit.
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She earns roughly $1,200 a month, and receives $100 in monthly food stamps.
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I just confirmed: the new Amazon Go store does not accept food stamps.
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Their targets for closing the gap include Social Security, Medicare, and food stamps.
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They're petitioning lawmakers and retailers to allow the use of food stamps online.
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Food stamps, too, are not given to everyone living under the poverty line.
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One group built a mobile app that locates social services like food stamps.
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I still got friends that are getting food stamps and stuff like that.
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It's unclear if Biz really did pay off his debt with food stamps.
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SNAP (formerly food stamps) is our nation's first line of defense against hunger.
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"We can't feed our own families without turning to food stamps," Mitchell said.
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He said he also relies on food stamps to support his three daughters.
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Food stamps now make up about 80 percent of the Farm Bill's funding.
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The food stamps program provides important support to people who are in need.
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Programs like Medicaid, food stamps and Social Security disability insurance would be shredded.
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Those buying groceries with food stamps are also exempt from paying the fee.
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Conservatives have used all manner of claims to argue for cutting food stamps.
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That's less than two-thirds of food stamps' $4.8 billion cost in September.
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Amazon employees are forced to rely on food stamps, Medicaid and public housing
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Justin was raised until he was 3 on food stamps and government cheese.
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This support includes welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, social security and myriad other programs.
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Food stamps are a guaranteed minimum income distributed through food rather than cash.
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That includes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.
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Otherwise, they can receive food stamps for only three months over three years.
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They will not go back to work if their food stamps are reduced.
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The bodeguero Miguel gave my mother credit when our food stamps ran out.
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Some of those declines are, like with food stamps, linked to economic improvements.
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And he's threatened to reject $600 million in food stamps for Puerto Ricans.
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The family receives $68 in monthly food stamps and no other public assistance.
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For years, she relied on food stamps and health insurance from the state.
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We struggled but we couldn't get food stamps, we couldn't get government assistance.
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Let's cut all income security programs, like food stamps and benefits to retirees.
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Some Democrats also are in favor of allowing immigrants to get broad use of public benefits -- food stamps, public housing, free college tuition, Medicaid and the like (although undocumented immigrants currently aren't able to qualify for welfare or food stamps).
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He's already endorsed Ryan's plans on Medicaid and has attacked food stamps at length.
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It makes nutrition assistance (SNAP or "food stamps") available to all low-income families.
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LePage's rationale for taking away food stamps is uniquely petty, but it's hardly unprecedented.
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One in three Amazon warehouse employees in Arizona, for example, are on food stamps.
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The budget cuts Medicaid, food stamps, the CDC and the EPA, among other programs.
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Seven million people have come off food stamps and the poverty rate has fallen.
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Do Irish-American leaders really want to punish recent arrivals for accepting food stamps?
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The budget cuts Medicaid, food stamps, the CDC and the EPA, among other programs.
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Food stamps for 38 million Americans could be reduced or even run out entirely.
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This action fits well with Trump's budgets, which have consistently proposed slashing food stamps.
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Estimates point to food stamps lasting on average about three weeks of every month.
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And I have lived in low-income neighborhoods where food stamps were commonly used.
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The average household on food stamps had income of less than $10,000 a year.
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There may be no more surf and turf for New Yorkers on food stamps.
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Her former classmates were still working them, or having babies and collecting food stamps.
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Unlike food stamps, very little debate has surrounded the morality of Pell grant recipients.
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He pays $400 in rent and receives about $200 in food stamps every month.
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The Republican majority also routinely cuts funding for food stamps and other nutrition programs.
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They live on about $300 a month in food stamps and Social Security benefits.
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More recent experiences expanding this policy to food stamps have also seen remarkable results.
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She's got Medicaid, is getting food stamps and welfare under each of her names.
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There were recipients of government benefits — Supplemental Security Income, welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing.
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Some 39.6 million Americans received food stamps as of April, the latest figures available.
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Without food stamps, the rate would have been 15.7 percent, adding 4.6 million people.
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About a third receive food stamps; 28 percent rely on Medicaid for health insurance.
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Still, children whose parents don't work are left to rely mostly on food stamps.
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The state's hotline for its Electronic Benefits Transfer program, commonly known as food stamps.
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She gets food stamps and Medicaid (51 percent get some form of public assistance).
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Once in office, he gutted welfare and a million people lost their food stamps.
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"If it wasn't for food stamps, I'd really be up a creek," he said.
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So why are things like food stamps and housing not part of the conversation?
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States could also raise the dollar amount of food stamps and unemployment insurance checks.
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The couple receive $1,103 monthly in Supplemental Security Income and $461 in food stamps.
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Without a working communications system, most stores cannot accept credit cards or food stamps.
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He receives $750 a month in Supplemental Security Income and $150 in food stamps.
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Some flight attendants work overtime to pay bills and even qualify for food stamps.
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She also receives $771 in food stamps and $310 in cash from public assistance.
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The family receives $194 in cash assistance and $376 in food stamps each month.
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Eventually, Sergey stopped working altogether and started receiving Supplemental Security Income and food stamps.
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Each month, he receives $1,267 in Social Security benefits and $192 in food stamps.
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The thing is, it's not just Trump: Conservative hatred for food stamps is pervasive.
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But while many urban blacks do get food stamps, so do many rural whites.
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Meal kits are packed by volunteers, and they can be bought with food stamps.
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I remember the first time my mother used food stamps in the grocery store.
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He has tried hard to qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance and food stamps.
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"States do not pay one dime in the cost of food stamps," he said.
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On "Everybody Hates Chris," for example, one episode addressed the stigma around food stamps.
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Nearly 40 million people currently receive food stamps, according to the Department of Agriculture.
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President Trump's proposed budget would cut money for housing, food stamps, Medicaid and more.
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Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Ms. Newman says her family grew up using food stamps.
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Now, McCowan said, the number of people needing food stamps has risen 40 percent.
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DACA workers are not eligible for Obamacare subsidies, Medicaid, food stamps, or cash assistance.
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He lost his food stamps in December and now relies on charity to eat.
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Around the same time, New York State Senator Patty Richie proposed legislation that would prohibit food stamps from being used for junk food and luxury items, while another New York State Senator tried to stop food stamps from being used at strip clubs.
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"I don't know what I would do if I didn't have food stamps," she said.
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In 2016, 44,219,000 people received food stamps -- an increase of nearly 16 million people. 30.
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That includes by seeking authorization to accept SNAP benefits, aka "food stamps" for meal kits.
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I mean, people with welfare and food stamps, they don't even grow a garden anymore.
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We're involved in the philanthropic community here in Seattle to help them get food stamps.
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You have people who are going for food stamps, and our Americans can't get it.
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Food stamps and nutritional aid for Americans in need and healthcare are obviously closely related.
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Food stamps and cash welfare would see hefty cuts if the president got his way.
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The potential changes to provisions on the table included everything from food stamps to sugar.
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Tightens eligibility for SNAP (food stamps), cutting $22018 billion from the budget over 219 years.
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To Obama&aposs 13 million additions to food stamps and eight million more in poverty?
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Or do you want to go back to food stamps, dependency, big government, et cetera?
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And it offers a simple answer as to how to treat stuff like food stamps.
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But the worst is saved for means-tested programs, in particular Medicaid and food stamps.
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And one involved government agencies tracking where people who received food stamps bought their groceries.
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When I was a young kid, our family was on food stamps for a while.
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Payments, such as food stamps and subsidies, could be managed more efficiently by the government.
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Asylum seekers are not eligible for public housing, food stamps, Medicaid, or other social services.
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" Simon asked a third time, also asking whether food stamps should be an "ultimate guarantor.
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When that's through, they'll be attacking other elements of the safety net, including food stamps.
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Plated, for example, is seeking authorization to accept SNAP benefits (food stamps) for meal kits.
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Each programme—be it food stamps, housing subsidies, or Medicare—has its own eligibility rules.
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In states with no such change, food-stamps claims fell by only half as much.
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According to him, the number of New Mexicans on food stamps had increased since 2000.
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Her two younger siblings, who are 11 and 13, are citizens and receive food stamps.
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The improving economy has prompted 26 states to reinstate a work requirement for food stamps.
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Lawmakers are split on how to handle sugar subsides and work requirements for food stamps.
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Within six months of arriving to the US, the family was off of food stamps.
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The reform: Restore work requirements and time limits for work-ready adults on food stamps.
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The House farm bill also would have imposed work requirements in the food stamps program.
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When her food stamps came through a couple of weeks ago, she stocked the refrigerator.
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I've also been a recipient of SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) in three states.
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She receives food stamps, and she has a home that she inherited from her grandmother.
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An estimated 44% of households are on food stamps, among the most in the country.
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They're on food stamps, and I send them money every month for their basic expenses.
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Spending on nutrition for the poor, formerly known as food stamps, was down 4 percent.
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She would spend her food stamps on a birthday cake and they would celebrate together.
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After my dad broke his back, my family spent time on food stamps and welfare.
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That means an increase of $1.79 billion for every $1 billion spent on food stamps.
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Until food stamps come online, SNAP recipients are limited to what they can get locally.
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The cuts could go beyond health programs to encompass food stamps, or Supplemental Security Income.
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Unlike the U.N.'s method, this also accounts for government welfare assistance like food stamps.
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Now he lives off food stamps, in a dodgy wheelchair, at the mercy of strangers.
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It more than doubled the budget for food stamps — the poor's last line of defense.
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The family receives $498 in cash assistance and another $400 in food stamps each month.
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"I could barely pay rent, and was on food stamps at the time," she said.
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She receives $421 a month in public assistance and $192 a month in food stamps.
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Immigrants reportedly began turning down food stamps after early reports about the rule last year.
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How will the Trump administration's new rules affect states and people who receive food stamps?
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He claimed that many McDonald's employees need federal assistance, including food stamps and public housing.
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More than 36 million Americans received food stamps as of October, according to federal data.
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Two-thirds of people on food stamps already work or have significant barriers to work.
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She relies on roughly $1,300 in disability benefits and $16 a month in food stamps.
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The rule affects people who receive most forms of Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.
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The Agriculture Department estimated that the rule could push nearly 700,000 people off food stamps.
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She and her oldest daughter recently visited a government office to apply for food stamps.
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They don't collect Social Security and don't qualify for food stamps or other benefit programs.
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Money was so tight, the Demsons used food stamps and food banks to get by.
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After all, the "squad" has made it pretty clear they want Food Stamps for All.
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Was he talking about food stamps, most of whose beneficiaries are children, elderly or disabled?
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By 221, nearly 181,000 of Rhode Island's roughly 1 million residents were receiving food stamps.
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The bill would impose strict work requirements for "able-bodied" adults who receive food stamps.
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Catallozzi did not say whether or when the Go store would begin accepting food stamps.
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"When someone calls me and is like, they don't have any food stamps or their food stamps don't come for another week, I know exactly what that is; I might be living that same reality at the very moment they're calling me," Laurie said.
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That includes families receiving food stamps or even just planning to visit national parks, she said.
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But, Fertitta says, those employees either got jobs at local competitors or started collecting food stamps.
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When those wells run dry, everything from rent assistance to food stamps could be cut off.
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Puerto Rican authorities say that provided for close to 300,000 additional people to receive food stamps.
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She is still paying off her student loans at 57 and previously was on food stamps.
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Jay's most recent highlight was successfully setting up his Electronic Benefits Transfer card for food stamps.
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Before welfare reform, AFDC functioned as an entitlement, like food stamps or Social Security or Medicaid.
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As need increased, many government programs like food stamps stepped up to help out struggling households.
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Their website launched on September 1, 2014 for users to check their eligibility for food stamps.
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Hillary Clinton, but earn so little that they rely on food stamps to feed their families.
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Because programs like food stamps are entitlements, they are guaranteed to everyone who qualifies for benefits.
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Medicaid, Social Security, food stamps, and all social safety net programs are exempt from this sequestration.
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The revised rule specifies people who receive public assistance like Medicaid, food stamps or housing subsidies.
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Online purchases using food stamps require a higher level of security to prevent and detect misuse.
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More options A new program could allow people to use food stamps to grocery shop online.
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You get a perspective when you get older of like, you know, you need food stamps.
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"And that would be my belief whether I were applying for food stamps tomorrow or not."
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Further, the stories of rampant abuse in programs like Medicaid and Food Stamps are entirely overblown.
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The president's budget proposes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts and substantial cuts to Food Stamps.
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I work at one in TX & can assure you-not on food stamps/never have been.
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Muhammad relies on food stamps from the church and leftover food from restaurants and grocery stores.
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"Since 2000, the number of people on food stamps in New Mexico has tripled," Trump said.
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To receive food stamps, a family must fall below 130 percent of the federal poverty line.
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For example, if an Amazon employee uses $22019 in food stamps, Amazon would be taxed $100.
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The USDA said that some families have been claiming food stamps despite earning up to $50,000.
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If Republicans get their way, 2 million children and seniors will be kicked off food stamps.
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In 2628, there were about 28503 million people receiving food stamps; there are now 22019 million.
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The two are now living on food stamps and fighting a battle against forced employee arbitration.
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Republicans want to reform food stamps and other welfare programs by weaning recipients off the dole.
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For food stamps, a good goal would be to tighten program eligibility to pre-recession levels.
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The Obama administration is looking to block low-income families from using food stamps at restaurants.
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They have food stamps in the refugee camp but it was not enough to survive on.
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Instead, it's high time mainstream health planners started thinking about the medical equivalent of food stamps.
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They rate him below gays and lesbians, college professors, immigrants, people on food stamps, and environmentalists.
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But are benefits like Medicaid and food stamps really discouraging a lot of people from working?
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Such approvals would allow FEMA to begin distributing aid, like emergency food stamps, to affected individuals.
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Another example: The administration has pushed forward on measures that will kick people off food stamps.
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But his administration has also stuck to its other efforts to kick people off food stamps.
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If you're on food stamps, and you're able-bodied, we need you to go to work.
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The rule will effect people who receive most forms of Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.
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But in last year's House Republican budget, "welfare reform" included changes to food stamps and Medicaid.
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Every two weeks he receives about $191 in food stamps and nearly $90 in cash assistance.
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The budget would cut funding for Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, food stamps and federal student loans.
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"Under my administration, 7 million Americans have come off food stamps," Trump said during Tuesday's address.
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That compares to 42.7 million who received food stamps in January 1873, when Trump became President.
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"I never thought I would get a master's degree and be on food stamps," Lockert said.
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That the number of people receiving food stamps would drop significantly was, of course, by design.
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Featured Article: "What Happened When a State Made Food Stamps Harder to Get" by Campbell Robertson.
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Should food stamps be limited to no more than three months in a three-year period?
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But two days later, another error closed their case, halting all public assistance, including food stamps.
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Proposals for cuts in food stamps, housing and education could exacerbate inequality in the United States.
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Armanda wound up needing to rely on public benefits like food stamps just to get by.
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Much of their work was aimed at defending anti-poverty pillars like Medicaid and food stamps.
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The couple rely on $1,157 in Supplemental Security Income and $184 in food stamps each month.
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The Department of Agriculture says it's going to cap food stamps at six people per household.
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Food stamps, which only go to part of the population, are routinely vulnerable (including right now).
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The couple also receive $215 in Social Security benefits and $350 in food stamps each month.
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This means making sure ingredients are relevant, and accepting multiple types of payment, including food stamps.
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The Trump administration also wants to bury those who remain eligible for food stamps in paperwork.
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Emineth in 2014 shared an image on Facebook that compared people on food stamps to animals.
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It proposes slashing Medicaid, federal housing subsidies, health insurance, and food stamps by billions of dollars.
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Trump also mentioned ending access to benefit programs such as public housing or food stamps. 10.
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She receives no public assistance, and her pending immigration status excludes her from receiving food stamps.
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Ms. Fleming receives $246 a month in public benefits and $300 a month in food stamps.
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Trump also mentioned ending access to benefit programs such as public housing or food stamps. 10.
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The surplus food stamps were eliminated when the food stamp program started again in the 1960s.
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Bernie Sanders proposed a bill to increase access to Medicaid and food stamps on the island.
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Also barred from receiving food stamps are people convicted of violent crimes like rape and murder.
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Now, however, the USDA — the government agency that oversees food stamps programs — reports that more than 40 states will implement the time limits in at least some areas of the state, meaning that millions of people who had been eligible for food stamps no longer are.
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Eligibility for food stamps is an issue that has been in the news lately, as new federal rules took effect that will require most able-bodied adults without dependents and aged 18 through 49 to work in order to receive food stamps for more than three months.
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The legislation also covers farm subsidies and food stamps as well as trade and rural development policy.
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You can't work for this guy and pay taxes, but you can go and get food stamps.
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Cardwell-Roman said she was also seriously looking into whether she qualifies for unemployment and food stamps.
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Congress has appropriated funding for SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, through January, according to the USDA.
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Only about 64 percent of their income came from AFDC, food stamps, and other safety net programs.
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A Pew Research study found that one in five Americans has received food stamps at some point.
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She reveals how she, her husband and their nine children were on food stamps at one point.
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Then shrinking food stamps, which are quite similar to cash, is a move in the wrong direction.
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"Forty-six percent of tipped workers nationwide rely on public benefits" like food stamps, Hallett told me.
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He championed seminal antipoverty programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, Head Start and Legal Services Corp.
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It also suggests looking at ways to incentivize recipients to use food stamps to purchase healthy foods.
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This program provides the type of assistance most commonly known as food stamps to low-income Americans.
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For his second month, he received cash welfare benefits of $250 cash and $190 in food stamps.
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Through mRelief, applicants can apply for food stamps via the company's web-based or text messaging tool.
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But she also spoke frankly about living on food stamps, and about life as a single mom.
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Certainly, food stamps are designed to serve a largely lower income community, as opposed to Pell grants.
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By exceeding the the maximum income for food stamps she was no longer eligible for government assistance.
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They make it hard for you to get food stamps so that you give up seeking assistance.
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As for addressing food stamps, the House had added a provision to strengthen work requirements for eligibility.
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In fact, a vast majority of voters don't think these adults should receive food stamps at all.
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Better still, those higher wages more than offset the food stamps lost, making them more financially secure.
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But within three months after being moved off food stamps, he worked his way out of poverty.
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The agencies either study or fund research into food stamps, climate change, rural poverty and conservation farming.
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Democrats voted in a block against the bill because they opposed expanded work requirements for food stamps.
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He earns too much to qualify for food stamps, but not enough to afford all his meals.
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The farm bill covers everything from farm subsidies and food stamps to trade and rural development policy.
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Furthermore, nearly 2023 percent of the population is unemployed while nearly 40 percent rely on food stamps.
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And Democrats refused to give Ryan an assist because the bill toughened work requirements for food stamps.
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And at a time when social supports like food stamps are being threatened, every day is difficult.
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It doesn't touch on taxes, or on entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or food stamps.
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Instead, it calls for the widespread imposition of work requirements for Medicaid, food stamps and other programs.
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Food stamps had already obtained federal funding through January before the shutdown took effect in late December.
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My family depended on Medicaid and food stamps and Planned Parenthood and other services for our care.
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Being fat isn't restricted to families on food stamps—far from it, especially in Butt's theoretical backyard.
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Democrats will be able to block efforts to trim safety net programs like food stamps and Medicaid.
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People who receive food stamps or other forms of government assistance will be exempt from the fee.
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These plans hit Social Security, Medicare, and other mandatory programs like food stamps and Medicaid extremely hard.
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States need to make it easy for those people to get unemployment insurance benefits and food stamps.
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She has also railed against the Chicago murder rate and the number of people on food stamps.
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But the latest move is the third time the Trump administration has moved to cut food stamps.
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"They're not going to issue more food stamps just because the power went out," Ms. Jackson said.
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Do you think that food stamps address the root problem of food insecurity and poverty in America?
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And at the same time, the wages were so low, we was qualified to get food stamps.
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That so many working households are eligible for food stamps reflects the prevalence of low wage jobs.
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To help cover expenses, she receives unemployment, Supplemental Security Income payments for her daughter and food stamps.
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The pay, even though the work was full-time, was little enough that food stamps became necessary.
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Each month, Ms. Gardner receives $848 in Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and $215 in food stamps.
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When a person gets arrested, he or she might also lose child custody, food stamps, housing, etc.
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The Department of Agriculture has proposed three rules that tighten eligibility and work requirements for food stamps.
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The average American agrees with them, with 77 percent of voters supporting asset tests in food stamps.
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The savings is mainly being driven by fewer people receiving food stamps as the overall economy improves.
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The policy virtually bars legal immigrants from using public assistance, including Medicaid, housing vouchers and food stamps.
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They rely on food stamps and federal assistance for day care and fear cuts to these programs.
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The administration's new rules will restrict the ability of states to provide food stamps to jobless residents.
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The finalized plan is one of three programs proposed by the Trump administration to limit food stamps.
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That was slightly higher than the 22012 percent figure for households that do not receive food stamps.
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Top Democratic lawmakers say the bill's changes will throw millions of Americans off the food stamps program.
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Food stamps can be a literal lifeline for their children, and yet they run out mid-month.
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They also receive $375 a month in food stamps and a $575 rent subsidy from the city.
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But it goes far beyond just food stamps – the ripple effects of this policy change are large.
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His budget proposes massive cuts in everything from early childhood education to food stamps and medical research.
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" We called it "a high-minded excuse" to "eviscerate programs like Medicaid, Head Start and food stamps.
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She also receives $216 a month in Supplemental Security Income and $506 a month in food stamps.
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It led him through the process of applying for Medicaid and for food stamps, among other benefits.
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Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, and food stamps have improved the quality of life of the black poor.
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The census measures factor in housing costs and wellbeing with programs like food stamps and housing assistance.
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They've shrunk dramatically relative to the population and economy, while others like SNAP/food stamps have grown.
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If the shutdown continues through February, the 28 million people on food stamps could be left hungry.
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"It's a false narrative," Ziliak told me last year of a conservative proposal to cut food stamps.
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More than a million Americans are set to lose their food stamps at the end of March.
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The ruling came in a case concerning food stamps, in which a South Dakota newspaper had sought data from the Department of Agriculture on the number of stores participating in the federal food stamp program, and store-by-store data on the amount of purchases made using food stamps.
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Overhead costs are under 211 percent, compared to 29 to 214 percent for a program like food stamps.
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States will still get some federal money to run weaker, less comprehensive versions of Medicaid and food stamps.
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"I want to work again, but right now without these food stamps, I would not survive," she stressed.
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Over 43 million people are now living in poverty, and over 43 million Americans are on food stamps.
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Over 2250 million people are now living in poverty, and over 2100 million Americans are on food stamps.
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They are the one that's getting the welfare and the food stamps, the electric bill paid for, everything.
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Come over, abide by our rules....They are allowed to get assistance like food stamps and housing assistance.
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Over 2250 million people are now living in poverty, and over 18763 million Americans are on food stamps.
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Mary Anne subsisted off welfare and food stamps for the rest of her life; she died in 2012.
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Others would sell their food stamps for cash — a rare practice generally, but common among the extremely poor.
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In general, you will probably need to be located in a food desert and qualify for food stamps.
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Meanwhile, $13 billion in food stamps benefits are unclaimed every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Because of the government shutdown, those low-wage workers are likely now eligible for food stamps, mRelief says.
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While on food stamps, Tyrner realized how difficult it was to eat healthy food while on a budget.
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Bernie Sanders has also proposed a bill to increase access to Medicaid and food stamps on the island.
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They also add in the effect of all taxes and government transfer programs like food stamps or Medicaid.
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I got by on welfare and food stamps, and I sold my clothes for gas and food money.
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And over a million viewer Americans are relying on food stamps, the best numbers in over seven years.
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About 31% of that group live in a household that receives public assistance like food stamps or SNAP.
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We call them "food stamps," but by any name they are a key component of U.S. domestic policy.
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I'm reliant on food stamps to feed myself, which only last about a week out of the month.
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People will still be able to get food stamps and subsidized lunches, at least in the short term.
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Millions of these families receive help in the form of food stamps or payments from other government programs.
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Thankfully, the proposed cuts won't affect either crop subsidies, or the USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (food stamps).
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But a slight majority of Republicans (52%), see it as more similar to welfare programs like food stamps.
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In Wisconsin, for years Scott Walker has tried to make it harder for people to get food stamps.
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President Donald Trump may blow up negotiations over the farm bill by demanding work requirements for food stamps.
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The White House also proposed reforms to mandatory spending programs such as food stamps to cut $22 billion.
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Half the money would come form changes to such programs as Medicaid, food stamps and federal student loans.
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From improving birth weight to reducing obesity, food stamps were associated with a number of positive health effects.
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Signing up for food stamps can be cumbersome, especially for those with limited access to transportation and internet.
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Meanwhile, $13 billion in food stamps benefits are unclaimed every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Unlike most immigrants, they're eligible for federal safety net services like food stamps — and often, they need them.
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The big money brawl will be over some of the entitlement programs like Medicaid, food stamps, and disability.
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Amazon ranks nineteenth among Ohio businesses in number of employees on food stamps, behind Walmart, McDonald's, and Kroger.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka food stamps, keeps food in the pantries of 42 million Americans.
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The latest controversies around food stamps are a reminder that hysteria is a poor substitute for hard facts.
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SNAP's faltering would not only hurt those in need but also retailers where the food stamps are spent.
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Those workers are disproportionately more likely to be women of color, and many also live on food stamps.
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That means that up to a million people will lose food stamps over the coming year, starting today.
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For example, the president's plan would also move food stamps, or SNAP, out of the Department of Agriculture.
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But for Propel the biggest lessons have come from going to poor neighborhoods where people use food stamps.
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Texans recovering from Hurricane Harvey may be eligible for food stamps, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday.
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Amazon has lobbied to be able to accept food stamps online and is participating in a pilot program.
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He signed up for food stamps in early 2009, just as the Great Recession was taking its toll.
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Fortunately, states have many reform tools to roll back what has become the gateway to dependency: food stamps.
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Some states have required child support cooperation for cash benefits, but few have expanded that to food stamps.
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The bill would have reauthorized farm programs and food stamps at a 2023-year cost of $867 billion.
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In other terms, almost half of childcare workers qualify for public assistance programs like Medicaid and food stamps.
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For those that do drive full-time, many of them have reported going on food stamps to eat.
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I still remember the food stamps with the drawing of the old whiteys signing the Declaration of Independence.
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Bottom line: No one working for the wealthiest person on Earth should have to rely on food stamps.
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The caseworker also arranged for her to again receive $194 a month in food stamps, which had lapsed.
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The use of food stamps, another solid proxy for economic health, has plummeted, with millions leaving the program.
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As a result, some are turning to food stamps for help, according to a report in the SFGate.
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" Jim in Memphis wrote: "My neighbor, who is on disability and SNAP (food stamps) has no air-conditioning.
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They say the proposal is unnecessarily cruel and would prevent 1 million people from receiving food stamps. Rep.
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That choice, to count food stamps as equivalent to cash, is by far the biggest point of divergence.
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That helps explain why the grocery industry has opposed cuts and changes to food stamps in the past.
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David Scott (D-GA) noted that race plays a part in discussions of food stamps and public assistance.
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Mike Conaway (R-TX), meanwhile, told HuffPost that he had never heard someone connect race and food stamps.
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Besides that and food stamps, I don't get any cash assistance from the state to support these kids.
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Walker has also attempted to implement drug testing and work requirements for food stamps, public housing, and Medicaid.
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As a kid, she'd hated buying groceries with her mother, ashamed of the food stamps they had used.
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PERCENT VOTING IN: MIDTERMS 20% Welfare/TANF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Medicaid Food stamps Public housing/Section 8 Supplemental Sec.
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Sullivan's now working at a pizza parlor to make ends meet, she said, and is on food stamps.
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Just look at Paul Ryan's rationale for cutting food stamps and other spending on the poor, for instance.
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Some 2975 million of 220 million Puerto Ricans — about 43 percent of the population — qualify for food stamps.
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Another: Work requirements for food stamps could be removed during recessions, and their value increased by 24 percent.
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And the president is advocating still tougher work requirements for food stamps in the farm bill before Congress.
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This program is really just an expansion of the food stamps program, masquerading as a program for students.
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Not all of those who automatically qualify for food stamps or free school meals necessarily receive them though.
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Besides food stamps, the earned-income tax credit and the child tax credit also aid poor parents substantially.
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More than 2628 million Americans are on food stamps and 28503 percent of recent college graduates are underemployed.
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The move to slash housing subsidies follows moves to sharply increase work requirements for those seeking food stamps.
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And I suspect that Trump himself still thinks of food stamps as a program for urban black people.
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More than half the county's population receives food stamps; 84 percent of its voters supported Trump in 2016.
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Mr. Booker also proposed expanding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, by 30 percent.
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Opinion Several years ago, during a harsh Detroit winter, I swallowed my pride and applied for food stamps.
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Most poor families I knew as a kid avoided food stamps; they believed in bootstraps, not getting help.
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Grad students are homeless and doing extra jobs and sex work and having to apply for food stamps.
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His mother worked in medical customer service and struggled to pay bills, relying on welfare and food stamps.
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A third of manufacturing employees rely on food stamps or other federal assistance programs to make ends meet.
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These include unemployment insurance, food stamps (now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) and disability programs.
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The House proposal mirrors the White House budget in imposing new work requirements for programs like food stamps.
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Nevertheless, some policymakers favor spreading TANF-style work requirements to SNAP (food stamps), Medicaid, and rental assistance programs.
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Ms. Hutchinson's only monthly income comes from the government: $733 from Social Security and $16 in food stamps.
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That's more than the cost of Medicaid, food stamps, and the department of Housing and Urban Development combined.
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"I don't get no cash assistance or food stamps from the state," Ms. McGuire says in the video.
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If the shutdown extends into March — which, again, seems entirely possible — money for food stamps will dry up.
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But food stamps are already a pretty efficient use of taxpayer money, and EBT fraud is relatively low.
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Coniglio allegedly collected the man's food stamps and cleaned out his bank accounts over the years, according to NBC.
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Patty Ritchie also wants to prevent people from using food stamps to buy non-nutritional food such as cake.
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Democrats in New York and elsewhere have traditionally been opposed to restrictions on purchases for those using food stamps.
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We don't have TIME to sit on the couch we have 22017 WORK 2pay 4YOUR food stamps&free stuff!
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The document is a "skinny" budget that ignores taxes and entitlements like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps.
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" In January, the White House also called Puerto Rico's request for $600 million for food stamps "excessive and unnecessary.
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Like other families who arrived as Somali refugees, he says they first depended on food stamps to get by.
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But a man who flies everywhere in his own branded aircraft probably doesn't dine out on food stamps. 5.
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We built a screener on the web where you can find out if you were eligible for food stamps.
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Social Security has helped cut poverty among old people, while food stamps and other programmes have filled children's bellies.
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The government would like to apply similar rules to rent subsidies and tighten existing eligibility requirements for food stamps.
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On-demand food delivery startup DoorDash has partnered with mRelief, a startup focused on helping people access food stamps.
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For Farmbox CEO and founder Ashley Tyrner, being on food stamps turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
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" Occasionally, government programs and agencies change names for rebranding reasons, as when "Food Stamps" became the "Supplemental Nutrition Program.
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Similarly, troops will remain on duty and entitlement programs including Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and food stamps will continue.
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Many states loosened the qualifications for receiving food stamps during the recession, and the number of participants greatly increased.
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So, if the issue was just food stamps, Wal-Mart or deflation, Cramer could price it into the stock.
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It's worth noting that Brown's plan would account for Medicaid, cash welfare, and more, in addition to food stamps.
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But what's also clear is that these people really want better access to food stamps and other social services.
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But like work requirements for food stamps, requiring drug testing could create the very problem it claims to eliminate.
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Any children that live underneath the poverty line or in food stamps, it's a lack of affordable healthy food.
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The Obama administration has weakened work requirements and put a no work needed sign on those receiving food stamps.
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TRUMP 2020 BUDGET CALLS FOR $17 BILLION REDUCTION IN FOOD STAMPS AND $22 BILLION REDUCTION IN ALL WELFARE PROGRAMS
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For example, Trump is proposing $193 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also called food stamps.
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But Trump has told senators he will only support funding food stamps for Puerto Rico — not additional infrastructure aid.
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The number of people living on food stamps is down and the number of people owning homes is up.
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More than 40 million Americans receive food stamps, and nearly two-thirds of them are children, elderly or disabled.
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While there are obviously instances of food stamps being, arguably, misused, they are a lifeline for a vulnerable population.
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Caseloads during the recession increased far less than the number of people receiving food stamps or unemployment insurance benefits.
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Yet while unemployment is at 85033 percent, the share of Americans still on food stamps hovers at 13 percent.
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"If they were going to hit a welfare program, they'd be especially likely to hit food stamps," Haskins said.
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Aside from the minimum wage, the study showed support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.
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The largest benefit at risk is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the formal name for food stamps.
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Democrats even argued during the Obama years that putting people on food stamps was a stimulus to local communities.
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Contingency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, will likely start to run short in February.
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The vast majority of the bill's funding addresses food stamps, more formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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The average American waits approximately three weeks to get the food stamps needed to feed themselves or the family.
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For one thing, they include only "money income" — excluding in-kind government benefits like housing vouchers or food stamps.
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Their solution—to reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, with a USDA Foods package.
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When he was young, he was the son of a convicted felon single mom on welfare and food stamps.
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But the idea that somehow food stamps are why we're breaking bad is utterly at odds with the evidence.
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The proposal drew criticism from Democratic lawmakers who argue food stamps provide a crucial safety net to the poor.
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The existing 2014 bill was also passed behind schedule, after extensive congressional negotiations and partisan fights over food stamps.
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Senate chef Bertrand Olotara was forced to use food stamps to feed his family because his pay was shorted.
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Amazon receives federal tax credit for hiring the "disadvantaged," which includes those on Supplemental Security Income or food stamps.
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Instead of slashing food stamps and other aid to the poor, as the Trump administration is doing, expand it.
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G.O.P. opposition to programs helping the less fortunate, from food stamps to Medicaid, is usually framed in monetary terms.
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Right now, the Scotts live on $750 a month in Supplemental Security Income and $514 in monthly food stamps.
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If you're working two jobs and are on food stamps, you're a lot less likely to take up watercolors.
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That is the thing: Most working-age adults on food stamps are either already working or are between jobs.
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What can nine counties in West Virginia tell us about the future impact of federal cuts to food stamps?
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She relies on about $1,300 a month in public assistance, including Supplemental Security Income, disability benefits and food stamps.
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David Scott, a Democrat furious over White House-backed tax cuts and reductions in entitlement programs like food stamps.
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Low-income people may be eligible for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, better known as food stamps.
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Because I know a lot of people survive on, you know, the state—welfare, food stamps, stuff like that.
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Something like food stamps or the E.I.T.C. can have pro-growth effects while still being costly to the government.
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The federal government already requires some adults without dependents to work for benefits like food stamps and cash assistance.
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His budget plan would gut programs for the most vulnerable, slashing Medicaid, food stamps, disability insurance and public housing.
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President Donald Trump has proposed cuts to domestic programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, foreign aid and general science.
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If it lasts into February, it could mean severe cuts in food stamps for 38 million low-income Americans.
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Why pay for rate cuts with tax increases that Republicans hate when you can just, say, gut food stamps?
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No one thinks millionaires, or millions of people with thousands of dollars in the bank, should get food stamps.
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Trump argues that many Americans receiving food stamps do not need them, given the strong economy and low unemployment.
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Proposed cuts within the Department of Agriculture could dilute critical anti-poverty programs like school lunches and food stamps.
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Four months before we interviewed Maylee, her family's food stamps had been cut off because of an administrative error.
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Programs from Medicare to flood insurance to food stamps will be at risk the moment President Trump's signature dries.
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But is that really why the right is so determined to cut programs like food stamps and unemployment benefits?
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It's an income threshold that often helps determine who is eligible for social services, like Medicaid and food stamps.
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Trump basically shares Ryan's agenda for the poor, calling for block-granting Medicaid and attacking the food stamps program.
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It might be easier to cut food stamps than to limit access to the mortgage interest deduction, for example.
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It reveals a deeply unpopular partisan agenda to make deep cuts to everything from food stamps to health care.
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For example, one program that has work requirements is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, often known as food stamps.
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It starts by giving Sanders grief for referring to the program as food stamps, and then states that those numbers "include people who only worked for Amazon for a short period of time and/or chose to work part-time," implying that part-time employees needing to rely on food stamps is reasonable.
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Crop subsidies and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as food stamps, are considered mandatory and would remain untouched.
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Republicans have suggested they want to finance the cuts by slashing entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare, and food stamps.
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Trump got broad support in last November's election in counties with high numbers of white voters who receive food stamps.
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I like to be myself, and I saw 13 million more Americans on food stamps, eight million more in poverty.
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Some might claim, in this age of whataboutism, that while defunding the CDC is bad, cutting food stamps is worse.
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But the push to cut programs including Medicaid and food stamps, which benefit the poor, could lead to a stalemate.
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For example, if an Amazon worker received $2,000 in food stamps, Amazon would be taxed $2,000 to cover that cost.
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Ms. Benitez relies on federal housing subsidies and less than $1,000 in monthly income from Social Security and food stamps.
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At the same time, they did not see markedly higher use of government benefits such as welfare or food stamps.
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The Senate is opposed to mandating work requirements for food stamps, and wants stricter rules for which farmers get subsidies.
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I was receiving about $260 a month in food stamps for me and my son and health insurance for him.
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Amazon announced today it's making its Prime membership program more affordable to customers on government assistance programs, including food stamps.
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One graduate, Propel, helps recipients of food stamps, which are received via government-issued debit cards, to manage their benefits.
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When she struggled to get on food stamps or to make her child's father pay child support, they weren't there.
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She depends on the combination of Ad Buddys (are these like food stamps?), and volunteer medical trials to make money.
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The bad news: The nation's debt nearly doubled during Obama's presidency, and the number of Americans receiving food stamps increased.
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The company also enrolls its participants in government assistance, including Medicaid and food stamps, rather than paying those costs itself.
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But this year's bill contains measures tightening work and job training requirements for food stamps, which have driven Democrats away.
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Recent early-stage investments from the firm have included tax and insurance safety net Catch and food stamps app Propel.
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McConville had been homeless and living off food stamps preceding the invitation to stay at Thompson's apartment, the Oregonian reported.
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It would cut some people off from Medicaid and food stamps entirely, while leaving most people on the programs unaffected.
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Obama, 13 million more American on food stamps, 8 million more in poverty, lowest labor participation rates since the '223s.
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The group's website turns your computer cursor into crosshairs and rewards you with food stamps if you shoot white people.
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After the end of welfare, food stamps were the last cash-like benefit upon which people without earnings could rely.
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On top of that, Trump's budget proposal lists steep cuts to food stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP).
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The study also called out specifically how food stamps can help support employment in the retail, wholesale and transportation industries.
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Families also can't use their food stamps or WIC benefits to pay for diapers because both are nutrition-based programs.
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Trump's 2018 budget also would decrease foreign aid spending, slash money going to food stamps and cut billions from welfare.
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And what upsets me most is the gutting of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as Food Stamps.
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Coupled with my dad's jobless benefits, food stamps filled the void until my father found some sort gainful employment again.
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Because they get all these subsidies of various kinds from the government, tax credits and food stamps and so on.
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Millions fewer on food stamps, 4 million new jobs, more manufacturing jobs that Obama told us was never coming back.
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Why should some Wal-mart employees, working for the richest corporation in America, be forced to survive on food stamps?
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Now that Republicans control the White House and both bodies of Congress, they're preparing to take aim at food stamps.
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As for why the successful rapper still carries crisp, clean food stamps ... yeah, he's got an explanation for that too.
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A big expansion in non-cash benefits, such as food stamps and housing vouchers, was meant to cover the shortfall.
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The vast majority of the bill's funding addresses food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
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About 40 million individuals currently benefit from the food stamps program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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Last week, House Republican leaders tried to get a farm bill passed by making changes to the food stamps program.
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Requiring work for benefits is a Republican staple, and the party points to welfare and food stamps as a model.
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According to the newspaper, Oregon's DHS is the state's largest agency, handling programs for foster care, food stamps and welfare.
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Aggrieved Americans are unlikely to be won over with more generous food stamps or a bigger earned-income tax credit.
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The children of teachers can themselves be on food stamps at home and qualify to receive free lunch at school.
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Now some conservative lawmakers want to give control over food stamps to the states, just as was done with welfare.
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But changes in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, have sparked infighting among Republicans.
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"I was a single mother, head of household, on MaineCare and SNAP benefits, which is food stamps," Ms. Walsh said.
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A new law proposed in Alabama would require residents to pass a drug test in order to receive food stamps.
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In the past, Charity and her family qualified for food stamps, now known as SNAP, the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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Koum hen his family moved to the US. They settled in Mountain View, CA, where they lived on food stamps.
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Here's what is happening: Food stamps: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is moving forward with new food stamp rules.
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The largest expenditure authorized in this and previous farm bills is not for farmers: about $65 billion in food stamps.
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Today food stamps are provided under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Democrats and Republicans are arguing over eligibility.
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"You should say this program works," Mr. Smeeding said of food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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This commonsense idea has already been tested at the state level, both in food stamps and in other welfare programs.
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Democrats homed in on the aggressive cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and Social Security Disability Insurance, among other programs. Rep.
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It's possible to eat a reasonably nutritious diet on food stamps, but it takes time and creativity and some compromises.
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About a quarter of food-insecure Americans are ineligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps.
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A recent Hamilton Project report finds that about 56 percent of those eligible for food stamps don't receive the benefits.
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Bail reform, easier access to food stamps, communication with incarcerated individuals and helping people in need are not sexy issues.
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Medicaid, the Social Security retirement program, food stamps and other programs for the poor are exempt from such automatic cuts.
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About half of those households also received support through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps.
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She made ends meet with food stamps, and drove a blue Ford Zephyr with no muffler or driver's side window.
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Denying green cards or visas to those on Medicaid or food stamps will only cost the United States more later.
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Electronic benefits transfer cards for people who receive food stamps and other cash assistance are one way to find them.
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The plan contains at least $1.8 trillion in cuts to federal entitlement programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and food stamps.
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The bill would penalize large companies if their workers are also relying on government benefits like food stamps or Medicaid.
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At the heart of the debate was whether or not to impose stricter work requirements for recipients of food stamps.
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This year, House Republicans have proposed major reform to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps.
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One of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Mark Pascale, 60, is disabled and lives on federal benefits and food stamps.
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Ms. Ramirez receives monthly $735 in Social Security Income and $150 in food stamps and pays $162 in subsidized rent.
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Among those priorities are paid sick leave, enhanced unemployment insurance, expansion of food stamps and free testing for the virus.
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The federal government should also immediately increase funding for food stamps, housing, and utilities assistance, and suspend restrictions on access.
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They then cross referenced the food deserts with delivery ranges of grocery stores that accept food stamps for online orders.
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Use of benefits like public housing, food stamps and Medicaid will generally be considered as "a negative factor," he said.
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Facts First: It's true that fewer people receive food stamps than when Trump took office, but he exaggerates the figure.
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They said he shot Anderson in the chest and head before grabbing $38 and food stamps from the cash register.
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Minimum wage in Venezuela is about $1.50 a month, and residents receive an additional $4 in government-issued food stamps.
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Even though cash assistance and food stamps require work for certain populations, work requirements have never been allowed in Medicaid.
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Food stamps are especially important in depressed regions like Appalachia that have lost jobs in coal and other traditional sectors.
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The Human Resources Administration, the city's welfare agency, and nonprofits have increased efforts to help people apply for food stamps.
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Improved access to public supports, like food stamps and reduced public transportation fares, would also make a world of difference.
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Congress already answered the question of who should be eligible for food stamps—and millionaires are not on the list.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known commonly as food stamps, would be cut by $192 billion over the next decade.
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For some families; it is their only safety net; 22 percent of people on food stamps have no other income.
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More than 70 million people receive Medicaid and 39.5 million are on food stamps, the largest programs in the system.
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The change is predicted to shave nearly $0003 billion from government spending on food stamps over the next five years.
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The Mykolaiv workers say they are well paid and the company provides perks such as paid holidays and food stamps.
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From July 2015 to December 2016, Obama's last 18 months in office, just over 2.5 million stopped getting food stamps.
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The rule introduced by the Trump administration affects people who receive most forms of Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.
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She pays $900 a month in rent, and receives $820 in Supplemental Security Income and $194 monthly in food stamps.
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Second, low-income families were particularly exposed given the potential shortfall in funding for low-income housing and food stamps.
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Steve King (R-Iowa) argued that cuts to food stamps could help pay for Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico.
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The rest reported that they were meeting the work requirements for food stamps, which also satisfies the new Medicaid mandate.
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Like many of his neighbors, the 27-year-old pieces together jobs and uses food stamps to make ends meet.
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" The congressman said he did not have a memory of the food stamps, "but I remember I was not hungry.
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This isn't the type of woman who has to think about applying for food stamps, Section 8 housing, or unemployment.
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Researchers found that every $21996,280 in tax dollars spent on food stamps between 2001 to 2014 created about one job.
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Social services, like food stamps and health programs for pregnant women and children, will run out of money by March.
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Jail, by the way, is a taxpayer-funded institution that costs a whole of a lot more than food stamps.
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"The undercover agents conducted controlled drug buys at The Harem from a number of the defendants and observed the trading of food stamps and the cards used to obtain food stamps in exchange for sex acts, for lap dances and even illegal drugs," Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. told the Dayton Daily News.
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If everything went as planned, maybe it would be the first year we wouldn't need food stamps to survive the winter.
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We hear of prescription pill addiction ("2PAC"), applying for food stamps and being hella poor ("MILK"), lost love and pain ("FACE").
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Thao tells me she grew up in a neighborhood of drive-by shootings and survived on food stamps and swap meets.
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Success is spending less on welfare, less on food stamps, and less on Medicaid because fewer people will need those services.
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But these immigrants do not qualify for the vast majority of public benefits — including food stamps, Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.
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But the Brookings report focuses on Medicaid and food stamps, the two programs that Republicans are targeting with new work rules.
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Meadows said his caucus has identified upward of $500 billion in cuts to mandatory spending programs, from Medicaid to food stamps.
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Other polls show Republican approval for cuts to food stamps, housing, unemployment assistance and funding for scientific research on the environment.
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After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico's infrastructure, Congress and the White House approved an additional $1.27 billion for food stamps there.
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But now they're eying ways to trim government spending, targeting everything from food stamps and Medicaid to Social Security and Medicare.
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Mr. Gingrich, for his part, made deriding food stamps a centerpiece of his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
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But GOP leaders are also pushing to tighten work and job training requirements for food stamps, as part of the bill.
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Food stamps may end in March, while air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration agents are on the job without pay.
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Benefit schemes like Medicaid, food stamps, cash welfare, rental subsidies and earned-income tax credits are administered by different cabinet departments.
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More recently, Republicans in Maine and Kansas imposed work requirements for food stamps after they were waived during the economic downturn.
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Where the entitlement cuts are made: From programs including SNAP (food stamps), CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program), and SSDI (Disability Insurance).
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And if you don't do any of those things, then you only get subsistence-level food stamps and living-quarter assistance.
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Meyer and his coauthors conclude that this suggests food stamps are doing a good job of targeting the most deprived Americans.
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Walmart also benefited from food stamps being released early because of the partial government shutdown, giving sales a last-minute boost.
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But despite these initiatives, Amazon isn't entirely EBT-friendly – its new cashierless Amazon Go stores don't take food stamps, for example.
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It includes promises to repeal and replace ObamaCare and to institute work requirements for anti-poverty programs such as food stamps.
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Requiring work for benefits is a GOP policy staple, and the party points to welfare and food stamps as a model.
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President Trump's first major budget proposal will include sweeping cuts to Medicaid, federal pensions and food stamps, according to new reports.
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Nonetheless, millions of Americans get by on nothing besides disability payments or food stamps, formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Unfortunately, states have used numerous workarounds to void work requirements in food stamps, perpetuating dependency and leaving taxpayers on the hook.
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More than 62% of the district's kids live in households receiving food stamps or some other form of federal food assistance.
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But too often immigrants come here and the social service agencies sign them up for Medicaid, food stamps, and other assistance.
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The result is that these individuals now need less help and their average time on food stamps is cut in half.
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For too long, Washington, D.C. has encouraged states to extend food stamps and expand Medicaid to ever more able-bodied adults.
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Requiring work for benefits is a GOP policy staple, and the party points to welfare and food stamps as a model.
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Democrats opposed the measure, as they warned the requirements could push as many as 2 million people off of food stamps.
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Same-sex couples are 1.6 times more likely to have received food stamps in the past year, compared with heterosexual couples.
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Under the proposal, parents on food stamps will need to cooperate with state efforts to establish awards and collect unpaid support.
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The use of certain benefits –– like housing subsidies, food stamps, or cash assistance –– will weigh heavily against an applicant, Cuccinelli said.
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Actress Shailene Woodley is helping lawmakers and digital retailers push the Obama administration to allow people to use food stamps online.
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Inner-city bodegas take advantage of families' lack of transportation to increase grocery prices, effectively reducing the value of food stamps.
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Their earnings are so low that 40 percent of drivers qualify for Medicaid, and about 18 percent qualify for food stamps.
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For many of the 46 million-plus families on food stamps, finding healthy foods in their neighborhoods can be a challenge.
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In March, the House of Representatives's 2017 budget proposed cutting funding for food stamps by more than 20 percent by 2026.
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A felony conviction can mean the loss of public housing, food stamps, a driver's license, voting rights, or custody of children.
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The president's $4.1 trillion proposed budget would significantly cut social programs such as food stamps, Medicaid and Social Security disability benefits.
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But sticking points remain, not least a disagreement over increased funding for food stamps, which many liberal Democrats are insisting upon.
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He points to social programs, such as food stamps, WIC and Headstart, which have been shown to substantially improve health outcomes.
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Their earnings were so low that 40 percent of drivers qualified for Medicaid, and about 18 percent qualified for food stamps.
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Food stamps and other federal nutritional programs are considered mandatory programs but still require Congress to renew the funding every year.
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Food stamp limits: The Trump administration said it would impose more stringent work requirements for adults who rely on food stamps.
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"No, I'm not racist if I think you should work for welfare, you should work for food stamps," Mr. Sweeney said.
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Food stamps and other anti-poverty programs have work requirements, meaning people can lose benefits if they don't work enough hours.
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Similarly, food stamps and low-income housing aid lifted 3.6 million and 3.1 million people, respectively, out of poverty last year.
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She and her 4-year-old daughter, Brooklynn, survive on a $588 disability check and $340 in food stamps every month.
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Nearly three million people could lose access to food stamps under the proposed rule, according to the Agriculture Department's own estimates.
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Those using or likely to use Medicaid, food stamps and other safety net programs would face greater scrutiny from immigration officials.
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Under the proposal, fewer families would automatically qualify for food stamps, and in turn, fewer children would get free school meals.
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Government safety-net programs like food stamps can create dependency and therefore hurt the very people they are intended to help.
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In developing your response, consider the following questions: Should all able-bodied Americans be required to work to receive food stamps?
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"Sometimes I honestly wish I just would have never ever applied for food stamps, because it is very complicated," she said.
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Moses, 40, landed a full-time job at the clinic last month and the family is no longer on food stamps.
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Living paycheck to paycheck, they receive $1,439 in Social Security disability payments each month, as well as $168 in food stamps.
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While her mother worked part time in the deli, her brother, now 11, was receiving $150 a month in food stamps.
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Paper food stamps are long gone, replaced beginning nearly two decades ago by debit-style cards, called Electronic Benefit Transfer cards.
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Nationally, significantly more whites than blacks receive food stamps, and participation in SNAP is higher in rural than in urban counties.
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Reforming food stamps -- formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP -- would save nearly $182 billion over a decade.
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The year I applied for SNAP, for example, whites were the largest racial group on food stamps and of the poor.
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Under my administration, seven million Americans have come off food stamps, and 10 million people have been lifted off of welfare.
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At LaGuardia, students have access to a food pantry and help applying for public benefits like food stamps, among other services.
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She also applied for Medicaid for Aaron so that he'd be eligible for food stamps and group home and community programs.
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Specifically, they have called for restrictions so that food stamps cannot be used to buy junk food or sugary soft drinks.
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Trump cited the fact that there are 43 million people on food stamps and living in poverty in the United States.
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The government does many of the things it does because they don't make business sense — food stamps, public transit, senior healthcare.
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"If you're on food stamps and you're able-bodied, we need you to go to work," Mulvaney said at the time.
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Farm state senators may be reluctant to cut food stamps due to pressure from agricultural companies who benefit from the program.
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Republicans will almost certainly focus on instituting work requirements in programs where they don't already exist, namely Medicaid and food stamps.
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Many employees currently survive on food stamps and yet are required to throw away huge amounts of food on the job.
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This report marks the first time government researchers have closely analyzed the economic impact of food stamps at the local level.
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They pay payroll taxes to fund Social Security and Medicare, but the island gets limited funding for Medicaid and food stamps.
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I would get rid of EITC [the earned income tax credit], food stamps, [and] unemployment insurance, and substitute cash for it.
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He plans to close what he calls a "loophole" in the qualifications for food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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A study by Berkeley's Hilary Hoynes, Northwestern's Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Columbia's Douglas Almond found that children who were on food stamps were significantly less likely to be obese or have heart disease as adults: It stands to reason that reducing the number of children getting food stamps could have the opposite impact in the long run.
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There are many reasons to be wary of such a policy: even if food stamps deter work somewhat (and they probably do), one of the reasons Bill Clinton signed the welfare reform bill was that he thought through Medicaid and food stamps, the poorest of the poor would be guaranteed food and health care, even if they didn't work.
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Related: A Million Americans Could Soon Lose Their Food Stamps — And People of Color Are Getting Screwed the Most According to the federal prosecutors, Lyle Jeffs and others created a system that directed church members who were eligible to receive food stamps to either transfer them to ineligible members, or to use them at stores without receiving any groceries.
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One of those officials told us that the threat to food stamps was the issue that administration officials were most worried about.
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He also had more than $85,000 in bank accounts at one time when he was getting SSI and food stamps, authorities said.
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I, too, grew up in poverty and on food stamps and know that personal perseverance and excellence only take you so far.
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The $867 billion bill follows many months of tense negotiations in conference committee and bickering over work requirement changes for food stamps.
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After that, his mother had to fight to provide for him and his sister, working several jobs and relying on food stamps.
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The project was supposed to provide a variety of public benefits for Rhode Island citizens, like cash assistance, Medicaid, and food stamps.
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But House Democrats moved to pass individual bills to reopen targeted departments that handle critical functions like tax refunds and food stamps.
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Meanwhile, thousands of Amazon employees are forced to rely on food stamps, Medicaid and public housing because their wages are too low.
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But the one group he hasn't shamed is those who are applying for food stamps or who may be needing unemployment insurance.
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In the 43s and '80s, he saw clients all over Westchester County, untangling welfare cases and helping families keep their food stamps.
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Now, the 29-year-old devotes most of his time to filling out applications for things like financial assistance and food stamps.
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On a nationwide basis across all sectors, there are 44.4 million Americans on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps program.
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That means an immigrant who is on Medicaid or food stamps, or who receives housing assistance, would be ineligible for permanent residency.
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In America, where there is talk of tightening conditions for receiving food stamps, reformers are looking at the British experiment with interest.
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The Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that it has found a way to continuing providing food stamps during the month of February.
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Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment as to whether it plans accept food stamps at its Go location.
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Today: a SNAP (food stamps) advocate who makes $40,000 per year and spends some of her paycheck this week on Thin Mints.
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The number of people receiving SNAP benefits (food stamps) has also dropped – by over 2.5 million people since President Trump took office.
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Jordan himself has introduced an overhaul to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and food stamps (SNAP), proposing provisions such as work requirements.
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The number of people receiving food stamps has fallen again, continuing to decline past last year's record low of 45.7 million participants.
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"Professors on food stamps," went the tag lines in magazines like Salon; "Your College Professor Could Be on Public Assistance," crowed NBC.
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The last bill came into effect in 2014, two years behind schedule, after extensive congressional negotiations and partisan fights over food stamps.
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If you want home heating assistance, food stamps, cash assistance, you have to fill out a separate application for each of these.
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Advocacy group First Focus on Children said 7.4% of households with children participating in SNAP would lose their access to food stamps.
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Those deemed likely to use government benefit programs like food stamps and subsidized housing will have their applications for green cards denied.
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I know guys in much higher profile programs than mine used food stamps during winter break when the dining halls shut down.
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While whether food stamps are a kind of "income" is arguable, the food purchased with them is definitely a kind of consumption.
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Wednesday's edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for the drug known as bath salts, prison phone calls and food stamps.
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With an emphasis on helping the less fortunate, Thrive has also been a leader in the movement to get food stamps online.
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But calories and junk food are what many are getting from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps.
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"Walmart, the largest private employer in the country, pays so low that many employees depend on food stamps to survive," she said.
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When President Obama left office, there were 43.5 million people in America dependent on food stamps according to the Department of Agriculture.
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Layne F., age 211 Barbie Izquierdo was raising two kids as a single unemployed mom on food stamps in inner city Philadelphia.
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Work requirements for welfare, whether it's food stamps or Medicaid, obscure the real, systemic difficulties people face when they're looking for work.
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The Senate easily cleared their farm bill on Thursday, setting up a fight with House Republicans over new restrictions on food stamps.
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We continue to give tax breaks to the rich, while threatening to slash funding for health care, food stamps and public education.
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States shouldn't be able to sidestep work requirements at the expense of taxpayers and the truly needy who depend on food stamps.
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Ultimately, Congress should pass One Fair Wage so that tipped restaurant workers do not have to rely on food stamps at all.
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Given the need to reduce budget deficits, Congress should pursue cuts to both farm subsidies and food stamps in a balanced manner.
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She teaches Spanish at a private high school, earning a salary so low she qualifies for both subsidized housing and food stamps.
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"Since 2000, the number of people on food stamps in New Mexico has tripled," he said during a campaign rally in Albuquerque.
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Our roads and bridges are falling apart, our airports are in Third World condition, and 43 million Americans are on food stamps.
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Weird to see the white-clad Dems/socialists refuse applause for the high employment numbers and those lifted off of food stamps.
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They are nearly 60 percent more likely to receive food stamps as families who receive the full amount of owed child support.
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At the time, full-time drivers were paid so little that 40 percent qualified for Medicaid and 18 percent for food stamps.
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Kristine said she paid Natalia's rent for a year, and set her up with Social Security, disability aid, food stamps, and Medicaid.
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Most Democrats opposed the farm bill over the new work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps.
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Liquor stores, food carts selling prepared food, and restaurants packaging takeout orders would be exempt, as are customers paying with food stamps.
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No wealthy American would ever be allowed to benefit from targeted government subsidies in means-tested programs like food stamps and Medicaid.
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Legislators are currently discussing a bill that would reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, often referred to as food stamps.
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The lion's share of the farm bill's funding is devoted to programs such as food stamps, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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In addition to household income, students also automatically qualify for free lunches if they come from a family already receiving food stamps.
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The AARP is calling on the House to reject potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps in the current budget resolution.
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It covered their back rent, got them warm coats and blankets and helped them apply for food stamps for the first time.
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Students whose families are part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, automatically receive free lunches at school.
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Moreover, it turns makers into takers, forcing productive, talented young men to rely on government giveaways like Pell Grants and food stamps.
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Conversely, experts have found that increasing the value of food stamps and making them available to more people can do good things.
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Our roads and bridges are falling apart, our airports are in third world condition, and 43 million Americans are on food stamps.
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Refugee use of food stamps fell 60 percent by 1998; use of Medicaid dropped 39 percent; use of TANF dropped 78 percent.
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But their earnings are so low that 40 percent of drivers qualify for Medicaid, and about 18 percent qualify for food stamps.
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Those "negative factors" include accepting common tax credits and other welfare programs, like food stamps, transit assistance and health programs for children.
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Ms. Evans's income is made up of $695 in Social Security Disability, $145 in Social Security Insurance and $194 in food stamps.
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Why try to get myself out of this rut if I'm not going to be able to have insurance or food stamps?
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No amount of basic income proposed thus far, however, could come close to replacing things like Social Security, food stamps, and Medicare.
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All she hears now is harsh talk by Republicans on TV about poor people: How people who get food stamps are lazy.
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They will tighten the ability of states to provide access to food stamps and implement new work requirements for people seeking them.
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Under my Administration, 7 million Americans have come off of food stamps, and 5003 million people have been lifted off of welfare.
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In 20083, he cut nearly $9 billion from food stamps, for example, because Republicans had argued for cutting up to $40 billion.
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Each month, she receives $192 in food stamps and $171 in cash assistance from the Wellness, Comprehensive Assessment Rehabilitation and Employment program.
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Under my Administration, 7 million Americans have come off of food stamps, and 10 million people have been lifted off of welfare.
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In December, the Trump administration announced tighter work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly known as food stamps.
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In West Virginia, tougher work requirements for receiving food stamps complicated life for poor people, but did not result in increased employment.
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In a Going Further activity, you will make an argument for or against federal cuts to food stamps by the Trump administration.
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On the whole, do you think food stamps provide an important safety net or an incentive to Americans not to work hard?
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A more plausible explanation is that cutting food stamps would help to offset the cost of huge tax cuts for the rich.
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King added that food stamps were created to fight malnutrition but that the people who benefit from these programs are now overweight.
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More than $800 billion would be cut from the Medicaid program for the poor, and more than $192 billion from food stamps.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump likes to claim credit for the number of Americans who have stopped receiving food stamps since he entered office.
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Improving employment opportunities and pay increases have made millions of workers ineligible for food stamps because they now earn too much money.
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Food stamps also supplement the wages of low-income workers, and the share of SNAP families that are working has been rising.
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A new Trump administration rule will end Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (food stamps) for nearly 218,2000 of the nation's poorest people.
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In some counties of Kentucky, federal transfers—through food stamps and disability and old-age benefits—account for 36% of all income.
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According to The Department of Agriculture, this would leave up to 688,000 people without food stamps as a result of the change.
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"Since 2000, the number of people on food stamps in New Mexico has tripled," he said during a campaign stop in Albuquerque.
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At the same time, the department said, it provides food stamps to nearly 600 local Amazon employees, largely part-time warehouse workers.
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Entitlement reform generally refers to changes or cuts to large government social programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or food stamps.
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The Trump administration is seeking to completely revamp the country's social safety net, targeting recipients of Medicaid, food stamps and housing assistance.
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More than $800 billion would be cut from the Medicaid program for the poor and more than $192 billion from food stamps.
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Instead, Congress has wisely reserved food stamps for the truly needy, the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and children and families in poverty.
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About 68 percent of people receiving food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, have smartphones, according to city data.
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But the Trump administration has already stiffened eligibility guidelines for food stamps, a move projected to end benefits for nearly 700,000 people.
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What to watch: USDA proposed eliminating access to food stamps for about 3 million Americans within its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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They include online retailer Amazon, which faced criticism that many of the company's workers had relied on food stamps and other benefits.
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Some Republicans have long sought to chip away funding for these welfare programs, like Medicaid, farm subsidies, food stamps, and veterans programs.
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Forty percent of seniors rely on food stamps, more than three times the percentage in New York state, the second-highest nationally.
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Raised by a single mom, the family relied on food stamps, but he made it to college and left with few debts.
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RG: Yes, there have been cuts in SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or "food stamps"] in 1981 and 1982, again in 1996.
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Trump wants lawmakers to cut at least $610 billion from Medicaid and more than $192 billion from food stamps over a decade.
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This means they can't vote on issues that affect the island's development, such as Medicaid, food stamps, or even their political future.
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But their earnings are so low that 6.53 percent of drivers qualified for Medicaid, and about 18 percent qualified for food stamps.
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Amazon's vision for the future of in-store grocery shopping officially opened for business Monday morning — and it doesn't include food stamps.
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How is it that so many people work full time (both adults in a family!) and still qualify for food stamps or Medicaid?
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Carson's family received government assistance in the form of food stamps when he was a child, though he never lived in public housing.
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And neither spends much time talking about food stamps, housing subsidies, or the Earned Income Tax Credit, all essential programs for the poor.
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To make matters worse, victims themselves could be affected as funding runs out for food stamps and cash aid, causing extra financial strain.
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Just a few years earlier we lived in a tent, and survived on cheese, peanut butter, milk, and food stamps from the government.
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Unfortunately the Obama administration weakened these reforms and shifted back toward maximizing dependency and food stamps, rather than work and take-home pay.
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The state has opened reception centers where Puerto Ricans can apply for food stamps and Medicaid, the federal healthcare system for the poor.
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The president's budget proposes deep cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and pretty much every other program that helps humans not named Donald Trump.
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All that being said, there's at least an argument to be made that states should try restricting food stamps on a trial basis.
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For the study's purposes, the social safety net encompasses Social Security, the EITC, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka food stamps.
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Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have criticized the bill because it lacks additional recovery funding for Puerto Rico outside of food stamps.
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The longest government shutdown in history was much more than an inconvenience for the roughly 40 million people who rely on food stamps.
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He also caught flak for what many felt was a racist comment — that one day Barack Obama's face might appear on food stamps.
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Promoting personal responsibility by imposing time limits and/or lower income requirements for food stamps might as well be an idea from Mars.
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The first daughter tweeted joyously about the passage of the 2018 farm bill, which in part protects Americans who rely on food stamps.
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Our roads and bridges are falling apart, our airports are in Third World condition, and forty-three million Americans are on food stamps.
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If such loopholes run out, and the shutdown extends until March, then payments for food stamps worth $4.8bn per month will cease flowing.
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Woodley also revealed that this cause is deeply personal to her because she has family members and friends who have used food stamps.
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Republicans have suggested they may seek to finance the tax cuts by slashing entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and food stamps.
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In April, Trump highlighted what he called a "great" statistic showing the number of people on food stamps has fallen since January 2017.
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This happens to be in the same ballpark as both food stamps and budget office estimates of this year's net outlays on Obamacare.
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Just a few months ago, Donna Kelly didn't think that this would be her life: applying for food stamps and returning to Medicaid.
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The political stalemate has also prompted thousands of federal employees and their families to apply for unemployment and food stamps to get by.
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But we also do not have a society in which everybody is on Section 8 and food stamps, nor do we want one.
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Raised on welfare in Akron, Ohio, they moved from one apartment to the next every few months and fed themselves with food stamps.
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It was the basis for his Great Society program, which included the creation of food stamps, Medicaid, Head Start and many other initiatives.
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The budget is expected to cut food stamps (a program that over 40 million people received in 2016) and other anti-poverty programs.
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Among those startups it has worked with so far is Propel, a startup that helps people who receive food stamps manage their benefits.
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One is that I found that people who benefit from more visible social programs, like food stamps, are much less likely to vote.
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For low-income women, access to these "luxury" goods can be a real challenge, especially since food stamps don't cover feminine hygiene products.
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If you're young, childless, and rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits—more commonly known as food stamps—you're probably an ABAWD.
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But Amazon is only the fifty-third-largest employer in Ohio, suggesting a higher rate of employees on food stamps than its counterparts.
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Controversy: The bill doesn't include tougher work requirements for food stamps pushed for by House Republicans and President Trump, sparking backlash from conservatives.
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Some big names are making an investment in food stamps — specifically in Propel, a startup that helps food stamp recipients manage their benefits.
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At home, with hunger afflicting 49 million Americans, the safety net of food stamps (SNAP) are being taken away from those in need.
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The Trump administration's statement of administration policy urged the Senate to adopt an approach on food stamps language similar to the House version.
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Children whose parents already receive food stamps become automatically enrolled in a federal program that provides free breakfast and lunch at public schools.
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As jobs growth continues to accelerate, it's also time that states end the abuse of waivers from time limits for food stamps recipients.
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Food stamps cost taxpayers $21625 billion in 2900, or more than double the $220006 billion cost in 2202 before the last recession began.
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Only about one out of every four households receiving food stamps in 2014 was black, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
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"Bottom line: No one working for the wealthiest person on Earth should have to rely on food stamps," Sanders wrote in a tweet.
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A Trump administration proposal to tighten eligibility for food stamps, unveiled on Tuesday, could affect millions of Americans and some low-cost retailers.
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Amazon and six other companies are partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to start accepting food stamps for grocery purchases online.
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In an interview with SFGate, Berkeley student Esteban Vasquez summed up just how much food stamps have eased the strain on his wallet.
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Kristine Barnett told the Daily Mail that she helped her get a Social Security number, apply for an ID, and get food stamps.
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Food stamps are intended to help low-income families buy nutritious groceries, but some recipients are using them at restaurants, the agency said.
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But, there is little talk about why so many families in rural America, including farm families, need food stamps in the first place.
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The House narrowly approved a five-year farm bill on Thursday that would impose new work requirements on people who receive food stamps.
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The son of a teenage mother, Harrison spent time on food stamps before eventually graduating from Yale as a first-generation college student.
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Now a whole new universe of programs has been lumped together and primed for the chopping block: food stamps, Medicaid, even unemployment insurance.
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In reality, roughly 2900 percent of the bill's annual budget is earmarked for food stamps, officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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That's how you get audits for EITC beneficiaries as well as things like drug tests and work requirements for food stamps and Medicaid.
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That's the figure that matters in determining eligibility for many safety net programs, including food stamps, Head Start and some parts of Medicaid.
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One major change could deny green cards to many migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance.
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At issue is a provision in the new draft of the bill that would impose stricter work requirements for recipients of food stamps.
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At least, that's the narrative circulating in Washington when it comes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—formerly known as Food Stamps.
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The dollar stores followed, catering to consumers with food stamps, and two massive pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreen's, also joined the grocery party.
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They included a paid leave program, strengthened unemployment benefits, free COVID-19 testing, as well as additional funding for Medicaid and food stamps.
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Ricardo Rosselló that the federal government grant a waiver permitting hurricane victims in Puerto Rico to use food stamps at fast-food restaurants.
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According to data from the US Department of Agriculture, 6.3 million fewer people received food stamps in October 2019 than in January 2017.
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There is also a proposal that would deny permanent residence to those who have received government benefits like health insurance or food stamps.
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"I'm hoping I can make it through on food stamps and hoping the city government will do something to address rent," he says.
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They receive $200 a month in food stamps and $280 in public assistance; Xavier receives $750 a month in Social Security disability payments.
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There is a false narrative that people on Medicaid or SNAP (food stamps) are collecting these benefits out of choice rather than necessity.
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Zandi's estimates put the multiplier for payroll tax cuts at 20.4 — not as good as unemployment insurance or food stamps, but not bad.
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Most people in poverty eligible for Medicaid also get food stamps, and the threat to cut off that aid might be more credible.
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The aides, mostly women, who serve in this crucial but low-income role frequently qualify for federal programs like food stamps or Medicaid.
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The $12.50 an hour Angelica earns isn't enough, so she and her son rely on government assistance, such as food stamps and Medicaid.
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Even worse was if one of your friends from school spotted you paying for something at the store using those dreaded food stamps.
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The budget also credits "welfare reform" measures (including the food stamps and Section 2216.6 cuts) with $210 billion in savings over 646.93 years.
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The purported logic behind such a database is to catch any food stamps participants who are collecting stamps in more than one state.
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Children qualify for the program if their families receive food stamps or have an income below 185 percent of the federal poverty level.
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That could cause states with big immigrant populations like California to lose House seats and money for everything from infrastructure to food stamps.
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Ms. Andujar, who receives $511 a month in food stamps, said she was determined to complete the program and to support her family.
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My life is good evidence that there is: Approximately a year ago, coming out of prison, I was on food stamps and unemployed.
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The industry's paternalism gave way to the paternalism of the federal government and its S.S.I. checks and black-lung checks and food stamps.
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Far more likely options are cuts to Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and annual appropriations for education and research.
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"Poverty is having a home and going to school and having a job and a car and living on food stamps," she said.
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The rule makes it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status if they use public benefits like food stamps and housing vouchers.
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They said he shot store clerk Don Anderson in the chest and head before grabbing $38 and food stamps from the cash register.
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"Millions and millions of people don't need food stamps anymore," President Trump declared this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Specifically, work requirements in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program should be strengthened and extended to other welfare programs, including food stamps.
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Social Security checks will still go out and food stamps are still funded, but other public health work cannot go on as planned.
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Charles Dent of Pennsylvania, have warned against deep cuts to programs such as Medicaid, SNAP/food stamps, or help for people with disabilities.
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Both have argued that such spending is counterproductive and wasteful, and that eligibility must be tightened for programs including food stamps and Medicaid.
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But the reality is that there are very few Americans getting food stamps or Medicaid who could and should be working but aren't.
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The more respectable, supposedly intellectual side of conservative opinion portrays food stamps as reducing incentives by making life too pleasant for the poor.
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In Arizona, an estimated one of three Amazon employees qualifies for food stamps; in Pennsylvania and Ohio, the figure is one of 10.
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One firm inaccurately told borrowers that they could lose access to federal support programs, like food stamps, if they defaulted on their loans.
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Proponents of the wealth test often say their immigrant forebears didn't depend on cash assistance for needy families, rental assistance or food stamps.
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Mr. Jones's grandfather died later that year, and he had to sign up for food stamps until he could earn a steady paycheck.
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The administration estimates the rule will cause around 700,000 people to lose food stamps, but says there are plenty of jobs for them.
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The rule, which critics call a "wealth test" for immigrants, bars legal immigrants from obtaining public benefits such as food stamps and Medicaid.
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A budget could squeeze through Congress on Republican votes only, but changes to entitlement programs like food stamps will likely take Democratic support.
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The plan will limit states from exempting work-eligible adults from having to maintain steady employment in order to benefit from food stamps.
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Instead, they are more likely to end up needing public assistance and relying on programs like food stamps to help them get by.
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While school administrators enjoy six-figure salaries and overall administrative spending continues to bloat, one in six classified staffers qualify for food stamps.
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There were about 38.9 million people on food stamps in July, compared with about 42.7 million in January 2017, when Trump took office.
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Add in other large programmes—Medicare, Social Security, the earned-income tax credit, food stamps and housing assistance—and the sum looks small.
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In less than two years, we've created 4.2 million new jobs and lifted -- listen to this -- 4.2 million Americans off of food stamps.
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The president's budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 would slash spending on Medicare, food stamps, and housing assistance over the next 10 years.
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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday indicated it will give states more flexibility on administering food stamps, the same day Wisconsin Gov.
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When McDonald's or Walmart won't pay a living wage or provide benefits, for instance, workers often have turn to food stamps or Medicaid.
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Mr. Caveney has Medicaid coverage but lost his food stamps last fall because he was not working the required 20 hours a week.
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"Some chevre also were instructed to apply for food stamps in order to supplement the limited meals the Centre provided," the suit claims.
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That is partly because it is much smaller than other programs with '60s roots like Medicaid ($576 billion) and food stamps ($225 billion).
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Then came the announcement of a new public charge rule that will discourage immigrants from using public benefits like Medicaid and food stamps.
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Then came the announcement of a new public charge rule that will discourage immigrants from using public benefits like Medicaid and food stamps.
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Yeah, SNAP is food stamps — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — which is, about 40 million Americans use it in any given month, I think.
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Start letting my employer take away my tips.... Welfare, here I come... Food stamps, here I come... Free medical... I'll take that too.
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But back in Washington, Meadows supports a Freedom Caucus proposal that would make deep cuts to both food stamps and cash assistance — Rep.
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Instead, the lion's share of Trump's proposed entitlement savings would come from programs for the disadvantaged: Medicaid, food stamps, welfare and disability benefits.
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His budget proposal for 2060 includes a massive $28.3 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps.
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His main priority is protecting and expanding safety net programs for the poor, like food stamps, Medicaid, and the earned income tax credit.
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Some have spoken out about low Amazon wages; data also found that one in three Amazon employees living in Arizona rely on food stamps.
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Millions of Americans who depend on food stamps will receive the benefits through February despite the government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says.
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He sounded the alarm about an out-of-control deficit problem by calling for cuts to programs like Social Security, Medicare, and food stamps.
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