House Passes SNAP Reform With Farm Bill
The House of Representatives passed its annual farm spending bill late Thursday afternoon, shepherding through major reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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FGA Report: Food Stamp Work Requirements Help Free Recipients From Government Dependency
A federal farm bill that would have stiffened work requirements on those receiving nutritional help was defeated earlier this month, even as new research argued such requirements would help free aid recipients from government dependency.
Conservative Think Tank Says SNAP Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough
The Heritage Foundation challenged House Republicans’ proposed reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in a new report, arguing that the bill doesn’t go far enough in getting Americans back to work.
SNAP Reform Will Send at Least Four Million New People to Work
Almost four-and-a-half million SNAP recipients would go to work under reforms currently making their way through Congress, data from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) show.
New SNAP Proposal Aims to Get Millions Off Welfare, Back to Work
Getting able-bodied adults off of welfare and back into the workforce is the focus of reforms to federal transfer programs in a bill released by the House Agriculture Committee Thursday.
Trump Signs EO to Emphasize Work Requirements for Welfare
President Donald Trump put welfare reform front-and-center Tuesday evening, signing an executive order to begin a review of federal welfare programs to ensure that they promote helping dependents out of poverty.
Food Stamp Rolls Decline by More Than 2 Million in FY 2017
The number of individuals receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps, declined by more than two million in fiscal year 2017, according to data released by the Department of Agriculture.
Feds Spending $163,638 Studying ‘Intersection of Food Insecurity and Smoking’
The National Institutes of Health is spending over $150,000 to study the “intersection of food insecurity and smoking.”
1,898 Dead Ohioans Received Food Stamps in 2015
Nearly 2000 beneficiaries of the food stamp program continued to receive benefits after their deaths in Ohio, according to an audit from the state’s auditor.
New Food Stamp Rule to Devastate Convenience Stores
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a rule that would force stores that accept food stamps to offer a wider array of food choices, potentially harming around 47,000 smaller stores that participate in the program.
