Roughly 1 million state residents will have access to emergency food benefits following a settlement reached this week in a lawsuit filed last year against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Two plaintiffs, California residents Robin Hall and Steven Summers, filed the suit last May after they were denied emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because they already received the maximum monthly SNAP benefit amount, which was then $194.
As part of the settlement, the USDA will be required to pay at least $95 in emergency benefits per month to each household already receiving monthly SNAP benefits, regardless of the size of their existing monthly benefits.
“Even before the pandemic, I worked hard to stretch my monthly SNAP benefits to meet my food needs. The pandemic made it much harder to get regular meals,” Hall said in a statement. “This emergency assistance will be a huge help to me and many others.”
Federal legislators, in the early days of the pandemic last year, authorized the USDA to approve states’ requests to increase SNAP benefits.
However, the USDA did not approve California’s initial emergency funding request for SNAP, known as CalFresh in the state, because it included emergency funds for beneficiaries receiving the monthly maximum.
The USDA eventually approved California’s request only after it removed households receiving the monthly maximum benefits, which prompted the lawsuit from Hall and Summers.
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“I worked hard to stretch my benefits”. Interesting choice of words when you don’t work. Try working hard getting a job
Kinda hard when there are no jobs to be had.
There was a time in the not so distant past, let’s call it 2019, and there were around 6-7 million unfilled job openings. But you see, the guy who put policies in place and cut regulations to fuel that economic engine, well that guy was very orange, very man, and very BAD…and he sometimes posted mean tweets. So he HAD to GO. Yada yada, China Virus, and here we are.
I guess nothing shocks me anymore, in 2021 it makes perfect sense we actually have people suing for MORE welfare,..and winning. RIP
America, we had a good run.
What about Crackle & Pop?
These Bottom feeders have Zero shame. Disgusting.
And you better watch out, because they might start suing you and me, if we just look at them wrong!
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