Sentences with phrase «for food stamp recipients»

So among the key goals of the new plan are: to increase local food purchases by the city, expand CSAs, farmer's markets, urban farming and gardens, and food stamp eligibility — and she continues to call on Bloomberg to drop the existing fingerprint requirement for food stamp recipients.

«Pet Food Stamps aims to provide pet food for pets of families receiving public assistance and for food stamp recipients who otherwise could not afford to feed their pets.

In an embarrassment for House Republican leaders, conservatives on Friday scuttled a bill that combines stricter work and job training requirements for food stamp recipients with a renewal of farm subsidies popular in GOP - leaning farm country.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today announced that the efforts of a multi-county partnership led by Oneida County's Office of Workforce Development, the Workforce Investment Board and Mohawk Valley Community College have succeeded in securing a $ 300,000 state grant to provide job training for Food Stamp recipients.

Conservatives rebuffed on immigration have sunk a bill that combined stricter work and job training requirements for food stamp recipients with a renewal of farm subsidies popular in Republican - leaning farm country.

For some food stamp recipients, 2018 could shape up to be a particularly aggravating year, including for one of the only startups trying to find ways to innovate on the ways that food stamps are deliv

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The U.S. Agriculture Department said Tuesday that Irma victims who are recipients of food stamps can use them for hot foods, normally a violation of the program's rules.

It is illegal, but honestly if I was on food stamps and had a choice between not being able to get to my McJob (that barely pays rent) and breaking the law (and going hungry half the month, but keeping a roof over my head) I would break the law, and you would see some guy buying expensive food for himself, while I, the actual recipient, stretch the bag of lentils from last month as far as I can.

Some food stamps recipients will sell some of their food stamps for a fraction of the face value to get cash.

In a budget request for the 2019 fiscal year titled «An American Budget,» the Trump administration is proposing not only a cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — known informally as food stamps — but the proposal would also keep recipients from being able to choose the majority of what they use their benefits on.

In out Ohio county, the OR recipient gets $ 116 monthly (to pay for rent and all personal expenses), together with $ 76 worth of food stamps.

As a current recipient of food stamps (but not for too much longer because my husband is going back to work starting Dec. 11th!!)

We recently talked about Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to prevent NYC food stamp recipients from using government dollars to purchase soda for two years, while a study is conducted to see if this move improves health.

This morning the New York Times had a front page story about Mayor Michael Bloomberg's attempt to seek USDA approval of a plan which would bar New York City's 1.7 million food stamp recipients from using the stamps to buy soda for two years, while a... [Continue reading]

Governor Cuomo, speaking by phone to a gathering of advocates for the poor, says he's rescinded a 14 - year - old state regulation that required food stamp recipients be subject to fingerprinting before receiving benefits.

In this April 23 letter to the Wall Street Journal, and during recent political speeches, U.S. Rep. John Faso said he is pushing for stricter work requirements on SNAP recipients, suggesting that the food stamp program is an easy target for drug dealers and fraud.

Bourguignon, a recipient of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) and other public assistance, falsely reported that she was unemployed, when she was, in fact, working for Creston Electronics of Bergen County, New Jersey, the charges say.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday called on the Wisconsin Legislature to pass a sweeping welfare overhaul package that includes requiring parents on food stamps to meet a work requirement, imposes new drug testing on public housing applicants and lays down a photo - identification requirement for food - stamp recipients.

Many, including the photo ID requirement for food - stamp recipients, couldn't move forward without federal approval.

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.

He also expressed concerns that social service caseworkers would not be able to keep up with the increase in applications, causing benefits delays for regular food stamp recipients.

The city's requirement that food stamp recipients get fingerprinted, a rule aimed at preventing fraud, ultimately deters many eligible people from applying for them.

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.

Recipients must have at most near - poverty incomes to qualify for benefits, and in Washington, D.C., and Mississippi, more than one - fifth of residents receive food stamps.»