Lexington Herald Leader Work requirement resumes for food stamp recipients in eight Kentucky countiesLexington Herald LeaderMore than 17,000 food stamp recipients in eight Kentucky counties must begin part-time work, education or volunteer activities to keep their benefits under a requirement reinstated this month. The rule had been waived since March 2009 because of the … More:…
ABC NEWS 4 AG: SC to recover $337392.47 from food stamp fraud casesWYFF GreenvilleThese are the results produced during the first year of operation by a special partnership targeting abuse of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as the Food Stamps Program. The project was funded in part with …SC to recover $337392.47…
Postal shipping prices increase Sunday; first class stamps unchangedMyPalmBeachPostPostage stamps for first-class 1-ounce letters will still cost 49 cents, but starting Sunday, U.S. Postal Service Shipping Services and Priority Mail prices are increasing. The average price increase for Priority Mail will be 9.8 percent; when … More: continued here
Swedish stamps celebrate natureLinn’s Stamp NewsA new stamp from Sweden has a United States connection. It shows a reconstruction of a 75-million-year-old fossil found in the United States, according to the press release from Postnord, the company established in 2009 through the merger of Sweden's … More: continued here
WKYT Food stamp rule has been reinstatedWKYTFayette County, Ky. (WKYT) – More than 17 thousand people in eight Kentucky counties, including over two thousand people in Fayette County are eligible to receive food stamps once again. The Herald Leader says this only applies to people in the … More: continued here
Pacific Standard Do Food Stamps Really Discourage Work?Pacific StandardWhile the law focused primarily on TANF (the cash assistance programs for families with children), it also imposed a work requirement on SNAP benefits: Able-bodied adults without dependents are now only eligible to receive food stamps for three months … More: continued here
Work requirement in place for food stamps in 8 Ky. countiesWLKY LouisvilleAble-bodied adults between the ages of 18 to 50 now have to document that they spend an average of 20 hours a week at a job, doing volunteer work or taking classes in order to receive the food stamps as part of the Supplemental…
OSU campus store now accepting food stampsBend BulletinLast week the university announced the change to take SNAP cards, the aid program that replaced food stamps. Sanders said University Housing & Dining Services has been working on being able to accept SNAP since shortly after Cascadia Market, in the … More: continued here
KTAL Work, training requirement for food stamps returningWinston-Salem JournalSome food stamp recipients in Forsyth County now stand to lose benefits unless they prove they're working, volunteering or taking classes for at least 20 hours a week. That federal requirement — which applies to adults younger than 50 who don't have …USDA approves waiver for food stamp…
KXII-TV Pushmataha woman accused of stealing food stamps from inmatesKXII-TVPUSHMATAHA COUNTY, Okla.– A woman in Pushmataha County has been charged with food stamps fraud. Misty Trent is accused of stealing almost $1,000 worth of food stamps from a dozen different inmates at the Pushmataha County Jail. According to …and more » More: continued here