THE
FIRST
O
F
THREE
PROPOSALS
% TO
CHANGE
ELIGIBILITY
FO
R
FOOD
% STAMPS, OR
TH
E
SUPPLEMENTAL% NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM,% HAS BEEN
FINALIZED
B
Y
THE
TRUMP
% ADMINISTRATION.%IN
TONIGHT'S
LOOK
AHEAD, MARISA% WOJCIK BRINGS
U
S
THE
SE
F
AST
% FACTS ON
THE
FINALIZED RULE
A
ND
% WHAT
IT
MEANS
FOR
WISCONSIN.
% >>
C
HANGES
IN
ELIGIBILITY
RULES
% FOR
FEDERAL
FOOD
A
SSISTANCE,
% KNOWN AS
THE
SUPPLEMENTAL
% NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM,
OR
% SNAP,
ARE
NOW
SET TO G
O
INTO
% EFFECT IN
APRIL OF NEXT
YEAR.
% THESE
CHANGES
WOULD
LIMIT
SNAP
% BENEFITS
BASED
O
N
TITLE
WORK
% REQUIREMENTS.
% THE
SNAP
PROGRAM
REQUIRES
% ABLE-BODIED
ADUL
TS
WITHOUT
% DEPENDENTS
TO
WORK
80
HOURS P
ER
% MONTH
IN
ORDER
TO
RECEIVE
FOOD
% ASSISTANCE.
% HOWEVER,
SOME
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS% HAVE BEEN
A
BLE
TO
WAIVE
T
HIS
% RULE
FOR
ECONOMIC
A
ND
EMPLOYMENT
% IN THAT
AREA.
%
THE
RULE
W
ILL
LIMIT
THESE
AREAS% TO GET THIS WAIVER.
% IT
COULD TAKE
AWA
Y
FOOD
% ASSISTANCE FOR
ALMOST
700,000% PEOPLE.
% IN
WISCONSIN,
IT'S
NOT
YET
KNOWN
% WHO
O
R
HOW
MANY WILL
B
E
% IMPACTED.
% CURRENTLY, THE
COUNTIES
OF
% ADAMS,
ASHLAND,
BAYFIELD,
% FOREST,
IRON
A
ND
MENOMINEE, AS% WELL
AS
SOME
TRIBAL
LANDS,
ARE
% EXEMPTED FROM FOOD
ASSISTANCE
% WORK
REQUIREMENTS.
% THE
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF% HEALTH
SERVICES SAYS IT
WILL
% ATTEMPT
TO
REAPPLY
FOR
WOR
K
% REQUIREMENT EXEMPTIONS
IN
THESE
% AREAS
BUT
IT
'S
UNCLEAR
WHERE
IT% COULD BE
LIFTED.
% THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT
O
F
% AGRICULTURE SAYS
TH
E
RULE
% CHANGES
WIL
L
PROMOTE WORK
DURING% A TIME
WHEN
UNEMPLOYMENT
IS
L
OW
% AND THE
ECON
OMY
IS
STRONG.
% IT
WILL
CODIFY
THE
ORIGINAL
% INTENT OF
THE
PROGRAM
AND
C
OULD
% SAVE
THE
GOVERNMENT
$5
BILLION
% OVER FIVE
YEARS.
% U.S.
A
GRICULTURE
SECRETARY
SONNY
% PER
% PERDO
SAYS WE
NEED
T
O
ENCOURAGE
% PEOPLE BY
GIVING
THEM A
HELPING
% HAND, BUT NOT
ALLOWING
I
T
O
% BECOME AN
INDEFINITELY
GIVING
% HAND.
% FOR THESE
AN
D
OTHER
FAST