DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE A PROBLEM with Republicans pating themselves on the back for exempting Veterans from their new #FoodStamps means testing?
Why are ANY veterans on Food Stamps? 🤨 😞 #MemorialDay
#News is that Pres #JoeBiden is considering Speaker #KevinMcCarthy's demands to decrease funding, add #WorkRequirements, & raise the age of "abled body adults" from 18-50 to 18-56 on #SocialServices like #FoodStamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program / #SNAP).
I need my friends & followers to write the President. We need to tell him to keep hands OFF on #SocialWelfare programs, like SNAP, #TANF, #WIC, #AffordableHousing assistance, #HeadStart, & others.
whitehouse.gov/contact
#headstart #affordablehousing #wic #tanf #socialwelfare #snap #FoodStamps #socialservices #workrequirements #kevinmccarthy #joebiden #news
#FactCheck: #Republicans & Spkr #KevinMcCarthy claim #WorkRequirements on #SocialWelfare programs lift people out of #proverty. Is that true? No. A study of when Virginia added work requirements to #SNAP in '13: there was 53% reduction in #FoodStamps participation, but the effects on #employment were "not statistically different from zero."
https://www.nber.org/papers/w28877
No increase in employment, but an big increase in ppl going hungry.
#news #politics #DebtCeiling #welfare #SocialSafetyNet #poor
#poor #socialsafetynet #welfare #debtceiling #politics #news #employment #FoodStamps #snap #proverty #socialwelfare #workrequirements #kevinmccarthy #republicans #factcheck
They're #entitlements because you are *entitled* to them!
#mikepence #trump #medicare #medicaid #foodstamps #republicans #snap
#entitlements #mikepence #Trump #medicare #medicaid #FoodStamps #republicans #snap
I am about to have my first meal of the day. It’s very likely going to be a meal mug full of oatmeal. About one meal a day is a mug of oatmeal for me. Another meal might be some fish sticks and another meal… maybe some tuna and mayo with seasonings or a simple bun with some jam and cream cheese.
That’s all I can afford anymore with the cuts & price increases.
Imagine thinking that taking someone’s oatmeal breakfast away from them will somehow balance the federal budget. #snap #FoodStamps
ON A ROLL.
Just reapplied for #foodStamps. I was denied in November of 2022 because I am a #student and don't work more than 20 hours/week, but I just read that the COVID eligibility expansion means that's not actually a requirement through June 10, 2023. Not sure if it'll work this time, but if it does, could get me up to a year of ~$200/month toward food! 🤞
South Dakota - currently there are work requirements of 20 hr/week for 18-49 year olds. This bill raises age to 65 #SNAP #foodstamps https://www.al.com/news/2023/03/bill-would-require-food-stamp-recipients-50-and-older-to-work.html
I wonder if the folks who insist on cutting food stamps could subsist on my diet. I know there are claims that people on food stamps have extravagant meals. Meals like a mug of oatmeal or a bowl of tuna with mayo. Or my favourite - fish sticks heated in the oven. I know some might scoff at the opulence of these meals, but the truth is that I am one grocery order short of being able to properly feed myself each month and it affects my physical and mental health.
#Harvard Tells #GradStudents to Get #FoodStamps to Supplement The Unlivable #Wages It Pays Them while sitting on an #endowment of $50 billion
The university is hosting an event encouraging #graduatestudents to apply for federal #food assistance
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kwaa/harvard-tells-grad-students-to-get-food-stamps-to-supplement-the-unlivable-wages-it-pays-them #PhdLife #PhDChat #PhD
#harvard #gradstudents #FoodStamps #wages #endowment #graduatestudents #food #phdlife #phdchat #phd
The university is hosting an event encouraging graduate students to apply for federal food assistance.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kwaa/harvard-tells-grad-students-to-get-food-stamps-to-supplement-the-unlivable-wages-it-pays-them
#Harvard #HarvardUniversity #graduatestudentsunionizing #foodstamps #costofliving #Boston
#harvard #harvarduniversity #graduatestudentsunionizing #FoodStamps #costofliving #boston
3.7 million Texans using food stamps will lose significant benefits this month as the federal government ends pandemic SNAP guidelines.
Read about it here: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-food-stamps-snap-benefits-17858115.php
#snap #FoodStamps #texas #News
Starting in June, students seeking food assistance will face stricter eligibility rules that limit how many low-income people enrolled in college can receive food aid.
https://alamedapost.com/news/ca-colleges-rush-to-add-students-to-food-aid/
#CalFresh #FoodStamps #SocialServices #SupportServices @CalMatters
#calfresh #FoodStamps #socialservices #supportservices
Millions of American households will see a sharp cut in #SNAP benefits as the government winds down its pandemic assistance. Some experts say the country is about to fall off a "hunger cliff."
#news #foodstamps #hunger #poverty #childhunger #foodinsecurity
#foodinsecurity #childhunger #poverty #hunger #FoodStamps #news #snap
UC Berkeley student Raksha Rajeshmohan writes in with recommendations for CalFresh program improvements after a very disjointed experience which delayed services.
https://alamedapost.com/op-ed/alameda-county-calfresh-program-needs-to-address-backlog/
#Alameda #CalFresh #FoodStamps #AlamedaCounty #SocialServices #SupportServices
#alameda #calfresh #FoodStamps #alamedacounty #socialservices #supportservices