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USDA's proposed rule on SNAP Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances would cut program benefits by a total of $4.5 billion over five years. This cut would result from changes in how states take households’ utility costs into account in determining the amount of SNAP benefits for which they qualify.
Comment deadline: December 2, 2019.
Tell the Trump Administration the proposal would
- Exacerbate the struggles many low-income people have paying for costs of both food and utilities.
- Have harmful impacts on health and well-being as well as on the economy.
- Cause 19 percent of SNAP households to get lower SNAP monthly benefits.
- Disproportionately impact elderly people and people with disabilities.
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- USDA's Regulatory Impact Analysis
- FRAC Facts: SNAP Strengths
- FRAC's "The Role of SNAP Improving Health and Well-Being"
- FRAC's "Initiatives to Make SNAP Benefits More Adequate Significantly Improve Food Security, Nutrition, and Health"
- Estimated Effect of Recent Proposed Changes to SNAP Regulations (Urban Institute)
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Trump Administration Wants to Cut the Power of SNAP for Millions
The comment period closed on December 2, 2019.
USDA's proposed rule on SNAP Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances would cut program benefits by a total of $4.5 billion over five years. This cut would result from changes in how states take households’ utility costs into account in determining the amount of SNAP benefits for which they qualify.
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