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FRAC Analysis:
The President's FY 2008 budget proposals fall far short of the investments required to meet the health, education and nutrition needs of America's vulnerable families, children and elderly.
Reducing participation in the Food Stamp Program.
Missing from the Administration package are eligibility restorations for legal immigrants and jobless adults willing to work.
Under current federal law, states have the option to treat as categorically eligible for food stamps those families which are receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program services.
Although the families may have modest savings or "gross income" that slightly exceeds the Food Stamp Program's regular rules, if the state takes this option they may receive benefits.
The President's budget proposes to eliminate the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
Posted on February 8, 2007 07:50 PM
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