The debt ceiling agreement would impose work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients ages 50 to 54 who don’t have children at home or a disability.
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Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Republicans take aim at food stamps in growing fight over federal debt
Some GOP lawmakers are eyeing work requirements and other changes to the SNAP program in a bid to reduce the deficit.
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Posted inMaine, News
As extra pandemic SNAP benefits end, many Mainers fear a struggle to afford groceries
The average recipient in Maine is expected to lose $190 a month in benefits, causing many to worry that rates of hunger will rise.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Gray fitness trainer, former reality TV contestant, accused of welfare fraud
Jodi Theriault, 42, is accused of obtaining benefits by hiding assets.
Posted inBusiness
More Mainers visit pantries as food insecurity spreads
As donations drop and Maine food banks struggle to meet rising demand, food bank officials call on federal government to extend food access programs.
Posted inMaine
Maine food stamp recipients see first major benefits boost in four decades
The hope is that it will help bring stability to some of the many state residents experiencing food insecurity.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
New Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program offers cash to help feed Maine’s children
Families whose children get free or reduced-price meals will get $382 per child to compensate them for what they missed after schools closed.
Posted inNation / World, News
Trump administration rule will cut food stamps for nearly 700,000 people
The new plan will strip states’ ability to issue work requirement waivers unless a county has an unemployment rate of 6% or higher.
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
More than 44,000 Mainers projected to lose food assistance under SNAP proposal
A Trump administration proposal to kick millions of Americans off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would threaten essential food benefits for more than 44,000 Maine people, nearly half of whom are children, older Mainers, and people with disabilities, according to The Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Thousands of Mainers could lose food stamps under Trump administration plan
The new rule would prohibit states from automatically enrolling people who are eligible for other welfare benefits.