Sentences with phrase «requirements for food stamp»

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.

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.

The NYT supports NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn's push to end fingerprinting requirement for food stamps.

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.

Not exact matches

Most American dollar stores sell bread, milk, eggs and other perishable goods, a requirement for any business that wants to accept food stamps.

If 75 % of our membership here in the US meet these basic requirements that means that 4,125,000 people will not need food stamps for at least 3 months after losing a job.

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.

Currently, people who have an AIDS diagnosis or «clinical symptomatic HIV illness» and meet the financial need requirements are eligible for HASA's package of benefits, which includes rental assistance, food stamps, enrollment in Medicaid, and transportation assistance.

Phelan Bopp says New York State has one of the lowest food stamp participation rates in the nation, with just 68 % of those eligible actually signing up for the program, and she believes part of the reason is the fingerprinting requirement.

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.

Gov. Scott Walker said Sunday he wants to invest nearly $ 100 million in programs to develop the state's workforce, including grants to train residents for high - demand professions and a requirement for nearly 76,000 on food stamps to enroll in job - training programs.

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.

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.

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

The proposed Farm Bill legislation tightens the requirements for applicants to enroll in job training programs in order to access food stamps.

He said that increasing the work and job - training requirements for able - bodied adults and, for the first time, parents on food stamps would help get them back in the workforce.

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.