Changes to SNAP rules that affect whether households in low-access areas can afford food, use benefits conveniently, or buy ready-to-eat food.
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“Puerto Rico should be able to move from its nutrition block grant into regular SNAP after USDA approval, with Puerto Rico food stores approved to accept SNAP, temporary transition funding, technology funding, and the old block grant ending when SNAP starts.”
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“SNAP should change how states, stores, and applicants use the program, including work and training services, fraud prevention, retailer service, technology systems, hot food treatment, and easier applications for older adults.”
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“SNAP participants should be able to use their benefits to buy hot rotisserie chicken from stores that accept SNAP, while other hot prepared foods would still stay outside regular SNAP coverage.”
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“SNAP households should be able to deduct all qualifying high shelter costs, such as rent and utilities above the program threshold, without a federal cap limiting how much can be counted.”
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“USDA should regularly update the SNAP food-cost benchmark, adjust it each year for food prices, and set separate amounts for Hawaii and urban and rural Alaska when food costs are higher.”
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“People using SNAP should be able to use benefits to buy hot foods that are ready to eat right away, such as prepared meals or hot food products, while still not being able to buy alcohol or tobacco.”
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“Maximum SNAP benefits should be based on the higher-cost low-cost food plan, with the related formula percentage raised from 8% to 10% and connected food program calculations updated to use the same benchmark.”
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“SNAP and related food assistance should continue while USDA creates a fraud-prevention office, changes state error and recovery rules, collects more nutrition data, ends the federal food-benefit ban for certain past drug convictions, and keeps nutrition block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa.”
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“Stores should be able to accept SNAP while selling hot ready-to-eat food only if those hot foods make up no more than half of the store's total gross sales. Businesses that mostly sell hot prepared food would generally stay outside regular SNAP retailer eligibility.”
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“People using SNAP should be allowed to buy hot ready-to-eat food when they need it.”
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“SNAP households with an older adult or a person with a disability should be able to use a standard medical deduction instead of proving each allowed medical cost, starting at $140 and rising with medical prices, while states could use higher cost-neutral amounts.”
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“Certain adults without dependents should no longer lose SNAP after a time limit for not meeting the specific section 6(o) work-related standard, while other SNAP work and program rules would remain unless separately changed.”
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