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Administration's Budget Proposes to Cut the Food Stamp Program
Overview The President's budget proposes to cut the Food Stamp Program by $500 million over the next five years (and by $1.1 billion over ten years) by cutting more than 300,000 low-income people off the program in an average month. The Administration would achieve these savings by stripping states of flexibility provided in the 1996 welfare law that allows states to coordinate certain aspects of eligibility for the Food Stamp Program with eligibility rules used for state TANF programs. More than 40 states take advantage of this option. The impact of the proposed cut would be borne primarily by low-income working families with children.
| Publisher | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | March 2005 | Downloads | 1 |
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