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Friday, April 01, 2016

No work, No food: 500k food stamp recipients to lose benefits on April 1st

http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/03/more-than-500000-americans-stand-to-lose-snap-benefits/475842/
On April 1, at least half a million Americans will wake up no longer eligible for the food assistance benefits that have, for decades, been a crucial lifeline for the poor in a harsh economic landscape.
A clause in the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act limited Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to three months in any given 36-month period for unemployed adults between the ages of 18 and 49 who are not working or enrolled in a job-training or community service program at least 20 hours per week.

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