The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy has completed and posted an analysis of the impact the GOP budget will have on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program in Kentucky. The impacts are wide-ranging and severe.
Follow the link at the bottom to read the entire analysis, and share it with others (including your representative). Here are the bullet points:
- Cuts SNAP by shifting costs to states
- Expands paperwork requirements, putting 135,000 older adults and children at risk
- Ends the state option to waive work reporting requirements in areas with too-few jobs
- Caps SNAP benefits for all current and future participants by freezing the Thrifty Food Plan
- Further reduces SNAP benefits and supports for thousands of Kentuckians by ending state options
Read the rest at KY Policy.
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