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“When states use SNAP contractors, contractors should work alongside public employees, not replace current merit-system workers or override existing labor agreements during temporary staffing shortages?”
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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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“USDA should be able to stop or hold back federal money that helps a state run SNAP if the state does not provide covered SNAP data that USDA requested.”
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“States should be able to hire contractors to help decide SNAP applications or do other SNAP agency work when applications rise, emergencies hit, staff are temporarily short, or offices cannot process cases on time.”
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“SNAP contracts should not reward agencies or contractors for delaying cases or denying benefits to eligible people, and contractors should not have financial ties to stores that accept SNAP.”
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“States should pay a growing share of SNAP administrative costs, starting at 10 percent in fiscal year 2025 and reaching half of those costs in fiscal year 2033 and later.”
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“When a state uses SNAP contractors because of a temporary staffing shortage, that authority should end once the SNAP application backlog is gone?”
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“States should have to tell USDA and show data before using SNAP contractors, USDA should post those notices online within 10 days, and USDA should report yearly to Congress on SNAP application surges, delays, contractor use, and possible legal changes.”
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