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85% Drop in Food Stamp after work requirement

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Topic: 85% Drop in Food Stamp after work requirement
Posted By: John Beagle
Subject: 85% Drop in Food Stamp after work requirement
Date Posted: Jun 06 2017 at 1:57pm


As of Jan. 1, 2017, there were 13,663 able-bodied adults without dependents receiving food stamps statewide Alabama. That number dropped to 7,483 by May 1, 2017. Among the 13 counties, there were 5,538 adults ages 18-50 without dependents receiving food stamps as of Jan. 1, 2017. That number dropped to 831 - a decline of about 85 percent - by May 1, 2017.

"Based on the trend, the number of (able-bodied adults without dependents) recipients for SNAP benefits is expected to continue to decline statewide and in the formerly 13 exempted counties," according to Alabama DHR spokesperson John Hardy.

Statewide, the number of able-bodied adults receiving food stamps has http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/work_requirements_move_35000_o.html" rel="nofollow -  fallen by almost 35,000 people since Jan. 1, 2016.  Each recipient receives about $126 a month in benefits.

Nationwide, there are about 44 million people receiving SNAP benefits at a  http://nypost.com/2017/05/22/trump-wants-to-impose-work-requirement-for-food-stamp-users/" rel="nofollow - cost of about $71 billion.  The Trump administration has vowed to cut the food stamp rolls over the next decade, including ensuring that able-bodied adults recipients are working. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/13_alabama_counties_had_85_per.html" rel="nofollow - Source

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