Fourteen states, along with New York City and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration to block SNAP rule changes that would deny food stamps to nearly 700,000 recipients
Under current SNAP rules, able-bodied adults without dependents can receive benefits for only three months in a 36-month period, unless they work or participate in a training program for at least 20 hours per week. Historically, states have had flexibility in being able to waive the three-month time limit to ensure that people who are unable to find work in areas with a lack of jobs still have access to food stamps.
But under the new rule, the bar will be much higher in order for states to obtain waivers: a county will have to have a minimum unemployment rate of 6 percent, rather than 2.5 percent, to meet the criteria. (The current national unemployment rate is
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