Young and Not Working Equals No More Food Stamps
The Food Stamp Program is known as SNAP in today's lingo. This year, between half a million and one million people between the ages of 18 and 49 who are currently receiving benefits will be losing them under "new" regulations.
The "new"regulation is actually the return of the old "3-month rule" which says that "adults aged 18 to 49 who aren’t disabled or raising minor children" are limited to three months of benefits in any 3-year period unless they are working or in a training program at least 20 hours per week. You may be thinking that in a country the size of the United States, these numbers aren't actually that big. That's because these numbers come from less than half the country. In
The Food Stamp Program is known as SNAP in today's lingo. This year, between half a million and one million people between the ages of 18 and 49 who are currently receiving benefits will be losing them under "new" regulations.
The "new"regulation is actually the return of the old "3-month rule" which says that "adults aged 18 to 49 who aren’t disabled or raising minor children" are limited to three months of benefits in any 3-year period unless they are working or in a training program at least 20 hours per week. You may be thinking that in a country the size of the United States, these numbers aren't actually that big. That's because these numbers come from less than half the country. In