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Article: Stamping Out Food Stamps.(proposed welfare bill provision)(Brief Article)
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- The Food Institute Report
- Article date:
- May 20, 2002
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Under a new provision of the proposed welfare bill, five states could eliminate the food stamp program and receive lump sums of federal money to feed poor people in any way they wanted. Under the proposed new demonstration project, five states could receive "block grants" to provide food assistance to needy individuals and families. The states would have broad discretion to set eligibility criteria and the amount of assistance for each recipient, bypassing federal standards that now establish uniform national policies. States would apply to the USDA, which could approve lump-sum grants to each state for a maximum of five years. House members have held no hearings on the ...
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