Sentences with phrase «allow food stamp»

Pennsylvania's Republican - controlled House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would stop the state from getting waivers that allow food stamp recipients to continue receiving the federal benefit if they don't meet a work requirement.

We're also working with the USDA to allow food stamps to be used online.

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That bill would have allowed undocumented adults who arrived in the U.S. before a certain date to live and work here legally — but without access to federal benefits like Medicaid, food stamps, or Obamacare health subsidies.

When top - earners on Wall Street are busy shopping for exotic sports cars and second homes while unemployment and food stamp benefits are allowed to expire for the bottom tier, resentments are bound to fester no matter how hard the pitch for trickle - down economics.

The CEP was one of the less publicized gains of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA), allowing schools to provide universal meals to an entire school based on «direct certification» data, such as how many children live in households receiving food stamps (SNAP benefits), without also requiring annual paper applications submitted by parents.

And yet, Silver this morning praised the governor's progressive track record, noting the recent move by the administration to no longer allow New York City to fingerprint food stamp recipients.

Food stamps can't be used for non-food products, but EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) cards generally allow recipients to pay for non-food items with other cash assistance benefits.

The country is wasting a lot of money on food stamps and school lunch programs that are allowed to be spent for less than the best nutrition.

A program called Fresh Creds allows customers with food stamps to purchase fruits and vegetables at half price.

Under ESSA, this may no longer be the norm, as the proposed guidelines could allow different metrics such as «those who qualify for welfare, food stamps or Medicaid, or those enrolled in programs for homeless and foster youth.»

Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan, partly inspired by the «universal credit» reforms of Britain's Conservative government, proposes allowing states to combine different forms of federal anti-poverty funding — food stamps, housing assistance, and more — into a single funding stream.

An Isola, Mississippi, dog owner has started a petition drive asking that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients be allowed to use food stamps to purchase food for their pets.