Great news for Michigan: @GovWhitmer is increasing asset limits for SNAP, cash assistance & state emergency relief programs to $15,000.
Reforming counterproductive savings penalties in assistance programs is among the most common-sense anti-poverty policies out there.
Reforming counterproductive savings penalties in assistance programs is among the most common-sense anti-poverty policies out there.
Reminder: This is exactly the kind of flexibility states will no longer have if Trump’s proposal gutting “categorical eligibility” takes effect.
More on why savings penalties trap families in poverty (an oldie but goodie from back in the day w/ @moneyjoev):
americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…
americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…
