Illinois, the King of Food Stamp Waiver AbuseArchived Message
Posted by Riverbender on December 9, 2019, 6:40 am
The Administration’s new rule impacts able-bodied adults between 18-49 years old who do not have dependents. In order to qualify for SNAP benefits, adults in this category have had benefits capped at three months within a 36-month span, unless they provide sufficient proof of at least 20 hours of work per week.
Mercy! What changed?
Nothing. It's been this way since 1996.Trump merely decided to enforce the rules.
Moreover, enforcement excludes parents with kids and it excludes disabled. Also work training programs and volunteer work also count.
Q: So what did Trump do?
A: Stop granting waivers for able-bodied persons 18-49 with no dependents and no disabilities. The rule applies to able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 49 who do not have dependents.
The rule wouldn’t apply to parents with minor children, the elderly, or disabled people. Illinois the King of Food Stamp Waivers
Every state has granted wavers at some point but once again, no one tops Illinois. 101 of 102 counties in Illinois have waivers.
If Not Now? When?
Wirepoints asks Trump's New Food Stamp Rules in Illinois: If Not Now, when?
It’s been nine years since the Great Recession. Stock markets are at all time highs. The national economy is booming. Minority unemployment is at record lows. Even Illinois is riding the nation’s coattails with a record low unemployment rate of 3.9 percent.
on December 9, 2019, 6:40 am