Sentences with phrase «for food stamps as»

We worked minimum wage jobs at fast food chains at 15 hours per week and we ate most of our food from our jobs because we didn't qualify for food stamps as full time college students.

Not exact matches

(It does not however, work with government assistance programs such as the SNAP food stamps that many Walmart customers need to pay for groceries.)

Lower GDP and especially recessions tend to mean higher spending as more people become eligible for unemployment benefits, food stamps, and other social programs.

On Dollar General's conference call, management blamed the weather, food price deflation and food stamp cutbacks, as well as growing competition from Wal - Mart, for the underperformance.

To be eligible for Lifeline, participants must have an income less than 135 % of the federal poverty level or qualify for one of several other programs for the poor, such as Medicaid or food stamps.

Instead of spending tax dollars on programs such as welfare, food stamps, Medicare and Social Security for some of the population, give an equal amount to everyone and be done with it.

For Koum, 38, the windfall would stand in stark contrast to his years as a teenager, when his family relied on food stamps after emigrating from Ukraine.

Conversely, when incomes slip, tax liabilities drop and more families become eligible for government transfer programs, such as food stamps and unemployment insurance that help buttress their income.

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.

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.

if Christians were busy meeting the needs of these families instead of viewing it as God's righteous judgement there would be no need for food stamps at all!

The year before BFW persuaded Congress to make food stamps available to 270,000 young, disabled and elderly immigrants who, for no good reason, were among almost 1 million legal immigrants who lost food stamps as a result of the dramatic «96 changes in the welfare laws.

This is especially great, because I'm starting a school project that involves eating for a week on the budget of someone on SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program... formerly known as food stamps).

The European commissioner for consumers vowed to stamp out dual quality foods this week as she repeated concerns that selling products of a different quality in Eastern countries was permitted.

As I mentioned in my last post, for a project in my community nutrition class I was challenged to eat for a week as if I were on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (you might think of it as «food stamps»As I mentioned in my last post, for a project in my community nutrition class I was challenged to eat for a week as if I were on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (you might think of it as «food stamps»as if I were on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (you might think of it as «food stamps»as «food stamps»).

A number of these stamps have sports motifs and are aimed at Ivan and Anna to hammer home the cynical and calculated sop of athletics and mass calisthenics as a suitable substitute for better living conditions, more food and warmer clothes.

The entitlement and mandatory programs covered in the analysis are Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, SNAP (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program), SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the school lunch program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the refundable component of the Child Tax Credit.

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

The idea that it is okay because at least it gets people angry and ready to act is more than a little scary, as it conjures up images of the townsfolk storming the local school with their pitchforks and flaming torches; meanwhile, the villain is in Washington DC taking 6 cents from food stamps to fund 64 cents worth of new requirements for the schools.

Some aid organizations fear a bill that would stiffen the requirements to qualify for food stamps could be approved as a part of the fiscal cliff negotiations, said Bob Dolgan, a spokesman for the Greater Chicago Food Depositfood stamps could be approved as a part of the fiscal cliff negotiations, said Bob Dolgan, a spokesman for the Greater Chicago Food DepositFood Depository.

As previously reported here, many House Democrats balked at passing a bill that paid for child nutrition programs out of SNAP (food stamp) funds.

This infographic shows household participation rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) in rural areas by county in each state.

This infographic shows household participation rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) broken down by rural areas, small towns, and metro areas.

This infographic shows household participation rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) in small towns by county in each state.

«Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Republicans across the country have embraced Rep. Paul Ryan's radical budget that would end Medicare as we know it while shifting already agreed upon spending cuts to the Defense Department to slashing critical programs like Medicaid, food stamps, Head Start and Pell Grants for college.

«I'm humbled,» said Molinaro, who said he's gone from receiving food stamps as a boy to being the likely nominee of a major political party for governor of New York.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp program, provides financial assistance for purchasing food to low - and no - income people living in the UFood Stamp program, provides financial assistance for purchasing food to low - and no - income people living in the Ufood to low - and no - income people living in the U.S..

In Syracuse, Ms. Gillibrand is campaigning for Colleen Deacon, 39 years old, who was a waitress on food stamps before entering politics and worked for six years as the senator's regional aide.

The Kinderhook Republican, who faces a wide field of Democratic contenders itching to limit his career on Capitol Hill to one term, says he believes SNAP — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as food stamps are now called — is «an essential program for many families» in New York, including his 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley and Catskills.

Mr. Molinaro received food stamps as a child, and his daughter, who has autism, now benefits from Medicaid's services for the disabled.

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.

This, along with other help specifically for poor people, such as food stamps and health - care benefits, goes to the people who need it most and not to anyone who happens to get a minimum - wage job.

The spending plan includes a big boost in defense spending, and to pay for that, the budget deeply cuts mandatory spending programs such as Medicaid and food stamps.

This bill is not good for your neighbors in NY19, it includes stringent food stamp eligibility and work requirements as well as an attack on our small farmers, sustainable agriculture, states» rights, and the environment.

«The logical implication of Cuomo's claim is that programs such as the EITC and food stamps for working people should be sharply curtailed, if not repealed.

Exemptions to the fee would include people on food stamps as well as those using bags at restaurants and for medication.

The move will leave Arizona as the only state that requires fingerprinting for food stamp access.

More commonly known as «food stamps,» these benefits translate to a grocery budget of $ 29 per week or about $ 1.38 per meal for one person.

As I mentioned in my last post, for a project in my community nutrition class I was challenged to eat for a week as if I were on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (you might think of it as «food stamps»As I mentioned in my last post, for a project in my community nutrition class I was challenged to eat for a week as if I were on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (you might think of it as «food stamps»as if I were on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (you might think of it as «food stamps»as «food stamps»).

This is especially great, because I'm starting a school project that involves eating for a week on the budget of someone on SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program... formerly known as food stamps).

In a new op - ed for the Wall Street Journal, musician and author Moby, who received food stamps as a child, proposes a solution: «A better approach would be to focus the program on cheap, healthy foods like beans, vegetables, fruit and whole grains.

This is no small matter, as the U.S. poverty rate in 2003 was just 8.1 percent if those items are included, 23 percent less than the officially reported 10.5 percent poverty rate for that year (which fails to take into account food stamps, Medicaid, school lunch programs, earned income credits, and other cash transfers).

The lack of congruence in the findings for health should not be surprising because the health supports for poor families that are available today in forms such as Medicaid, WIC, and food stamps were not present 50 years ago.

This measure excludes any income from governmental transfers, such as food stamps, a major source of income for many below the poverty line.

The hundreds of billions in proposed cuts to critical safety net programs, including Medicaid, food stamps, and affordable housing, would create dire consequences for our families and children, including, as recent research has demonstrated, undermining educational success.

Rather than giving schools more money based on the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, as in the past, complexity money will be awarded based on children whose families qualify for one of three federal low - income services — foster care, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (food stamps) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

Children must meet the federal income guidelines for free or reduced - price meals or be determined as categorically eligible for free meals as members of Food Stamp or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) households.

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.»

They can legally do all these things, just as Wal - Mart can legally include information on sighing up for food stamps during their new employee orientations.

Student loans or financial aid count as income when applying for food stamps to the extent already noted.