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ellisjennifer

Her SNAP Was Cut, So She Started Diluting Milk for Her Child

At the food pantry where I volunteer, I met a young mom whose SNAP benefits were suddenly cut in half. The reason was absurd—the system flagged her for “increased income,” even though nothing changed except two extra overtime shifts last month. The reviewer told her to submit three more documents, but processing could take 30 days. She admitted she’s been watering down milk every day so her kid can have something to drink. What stung the most was a man beside her bragging that he knows “the trick”—he stops taking temporary jobs before each review so the system shows “no income,” and he actually gets a higher benefit amount. The mom just stared at him, like she was witnessing how unfair the system can be. #SNAPCuts #SystemFailure #FoodInsecurity

Her SNAP Was Cut, So She Started Diluting Milk for Her Child
James Foster

this is for the people that think that everybody that's on snap is abusing the system

if you are a elderly person or disabled person seems to me like you fall under the category that you should receive food stamps or snap not everybody that draws snap is abusing the system but the system should be more accountable and only give snap to people that need it not people that just want it because they want to spend their money on other stuff and have the government by their food I don't think $80 is really enough for food for a month but you have to realize that this is a supplemental program that means you have to buy other food to go with it in order to stretch it out for the month. I know several people that work and they just don't make enough money to pay all their bills and buy food so this program is really good for them because they can use what money they have left to go with their food stamps to make them last for the month.

this is for the people that think that everybody that's on snap is abusing the system