SNAP Work Requirements: Reduce Enrollment without Increasing Employment - eviltoast
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) provides nutritional support to over 41 million low-income Americans. However, a new working paper (Work Requirements with No Teeth Still Bite: Disenrollment and Labor Supply Effects of SNAP General Work Requirements
  • Suavevillain@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I worked for SNAP, it is on purpose. People in power rather it be a bunch of hoops for the smallest amount of help possible. They can wave the requirements in my state for emergencies, makes it so much easier than making people follow up and waste time trying to reach people on phone lines to make sure things are updated and they met requirements. It doesn’t help anyone, and most people are still broke while working a jobs.