United Way of New York City, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping low-income New Yorkers make ends meet, has some concerns regarding the decision to increase work requirements for SNAP participants.
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“Congress’s decision to impose strict work requirements on adults between ages 51-55 places an unjust administrative burden on individuals who are already struggling to make ends meet,” Cheryl Huber, vice president of food and benefits access at United Way, told New York Nonprofit Media. “During the upcoming Farm Bill negotiations, we must protect and expand SNAP, not limit access, because too many New York City families are in need.”
According to NYN Media, SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, provides food assistance for nearly 1.8 million New Yorkers with low incomes. SNAP is the largest and most important anti-hunger program in the U.S., allowing low-income families to free up household resources for other basic needs.
One of the biggest changes to SNAP this year was the expansion of work requirements added during debt ceiling negotiations in the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023. More changes could be coming as Congress drafts new legislation for the 2023 farm bill.
The Congressional Budget Office released an estimate of the budgetary impact of the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, NYN Media reported. The CBO estimated that expanding work requirements...
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