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It& #39;s time for Congress to step up for #rural America and take action to support low-income and working class families through #COVID19 stimulus. The best stimulus for rural people and rural economies is #SNAPinrural. @fractweets #SNAPDayofAction.
#SNAP (aka "food stamps") is the biggest antihunger program in the USA and something that most antihunger professionals know is the best way to get food to low-income and working class families right now. Also SNAP demand is rising as the economy collapses.
You might not know that #SNAP is huge in #rural America. SNAP expansion was one of the biggest successes during Great Recession a decade ago. See @dailyyonder: https://www.dailyyonder.com/study-links-snap-spending-job-creation/2019/06/03/">https://www.dailyyonder.com/study-lin...
#SNAP also huge for #ruralgrocers. https://www.dailyyonder.com/snap-plays-outsized-role-economy-rural-grocers/2017/08/04/">https://www.dailyyonder.com/snap-play...
I agree with @fractweets #SNAPDayOfAction Demands to:
1.) boost SNAP maximum benefits by 15 percent
2.) increase the minimum SNAP benefit from $16 to $30
3.) suspend all SNAP administrative rules that would terminate or cut benefits.
1.) boost SNAP maximum benefits by 15 percent
2.) increase the minimum SNAP benefit from $16 to $30
3.) suspend all SNAP administrative rules that would terminate or cut benefits.
Heck, if I was writing the stimulus bill to help people struggling economically in #rural America, the #1 stimulus policy in my playbook would be to triple SNAP monthly benefits and expand eligibility to every American below $75,000 in household income. #SNAPMattersInRural.
