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A rule change to the food stamp program proposed by the Trump admin. will leave more than 3,000,000 people without access to food through SNAP and cause nearly 1,000,000 children to lose their auto enrollment in school lunch programs. nbcnews.to/2H34q54 (1/6) #NBCNewsThreads
According to educators and hunger advocates, the proposed change was a fundamental misunderstanding of a regulation, known as broad-based categorical eligibility, or BBCE. (2/6)
Currently, a family of three can qualify for SNAP if they earn 130% of the federal poverty level, or $27,700, or if states raise that to 200%, $40,840. The USDA plans to do away with that state flexibility. (3/6)
Many families across the country have gross incomes slightly above 130% of poverty, but still have difficulty feeding their families because of the other financial burdens, Lisa Davis, the senior VP of the No Kid Hungry Campaign, says. (4/6)
The point of SNAP is to provide these families with some savings so that they can become financially secure and move out of poverty, while reducing bureaucratic red tape, Davis says. (5/6)
This is the second of three proposed rule changes to SNAP by the Trump admin., and is expected to take effect soon. nbcnews.to/2H34q54 (6/6)
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