Trending in #SNAP

Written By mRelief

This month many state representatives and organizations are fighting back against the Trump administration new proposed change for food stamp eligibility applicants, making this their third proposal this year. A new hashtag #WarOnWorkingFamilies starting trending on twitter as a new campaign response where democrats stood in solidarity in their opposition to the new proposed rule.

This most recent SNAP changes would affect the way recipients’ income, as well as housing and utility expenses, are used to calculate benefits. If the three proposals become final and are implemented it will will not only hurt low-income families, seniors, & people w/ disabilities but 500K children are at risk of losing their access to automatic free #SchoolMeals under this new proposed rule.

  1. SNAP allows families to deduct housing & utility costs that exceed 50% of the family’s net income. With the new proposed rule the federal government would now set its own state allowances by standardizing the method for calculating standard utility allowances. The non-profit organization “Bread for the World” shared a Route Fifty article where their policy analyst, Jane Adams spoke out against the proposed standardization.

  2. The Food Research & Action Center shared a new comment box where people can send comments directly to The Food and Nutrition Agency voicing the ways this new proposal change will affect their benefits.

  3. The House of Democrats kicked off their campaign fighting against this new proposal using the hashtags #WaronWorkingFamilies and tweeting they are #FightingForThePeople with many state representatives and people following suite.

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