The new rule could cause an estimated 688,000 individuals to lose their SNAP benefits.
The Trump administration announced a final rule on Wednesday that will limit states’ ability to provide food stamps outside of federal work requirements.
States are currently able to get a waiver from existing work requirements based on an area’s unemployment rate and job availability. The rule faced immediate pushback from groups and members of Congress who argue it would hurt individuals in need. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, of New York, called the rule “heartless” and “cruel,” saying it is “driving the vulnerable into hunger just as the Christmas season approaches.”Stacy Dean, vice president of food assistance policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said it “targets very poor people struggling to work.”
“That change really weakens SNAP’s ability to assist the unemployed during an economic downturn,” Dean’s statement continued. “Government can be a powerful force for good, but government dependency has never been the American dream. We need to encourage people by giving them a helping hand but not allowing it to become an indefinitely giving hand,” he continued. “Now, in the midst of the strongest economy in a generation, we need everyone who can work, to work.”
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