Up to 1 million to lose food stamp benefits as waivers end

The think tank Center for Budget and Policy Priorities says “more than 500,000 and as many as 1 million of the nation’s poorest people” will lose food stamp benefits during 2016 “due to the return in many areas of a three-month limit on benefits for unemployed adults aged 18-49 who aren’t disabled or raising minor… » Read More

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