11/06/2015

Pennsylvania Reenacts Work-For-Welfare Policy

"We accept food stamps/EBT" sign outside Brooklyn deli

At least 30,000 in Pennsylvania could lose their food stamp benefits in the beginning of 2016 due to recent changes in the program's enforcement.
In 1996, legislators passed a law imposing a three month limit on SNAP food stamps for unemployed and underemployed adults between the ages of 18 and 50 who are not disabled or raising children, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Due to high unemployment during the most recent recession, however, the law has not been enforced for several years.  Read more

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