Current：Home > reviewsDo work requirements help SNAP people out of government aid? -Blueprint Wealth Network
Do work requirements help SNAP people out of government aid?
View
Date：2025-04-18 00:27:42
Many Americans getting government aid for food under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will soon need to prove that they are working in order to keep their benefits. Advocates for work requirements say government aid creates dependency, while critics say those rules harm the most vulnerable recipients.
New economic research puts these two competing narratives to the test by studying the impact of work requirements on SNAP participants' employment and wages.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (6576)
Related
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- Fatal Hougang stabbing: Victim was mum of 3, moved to Singapore to provide for family
- When does the new season of 'Virgin River' come out? Release date, cast, where to watch
- Social media platform Bluesky nearing 25 million users in continued post
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit
- Rooftop Solar Keeps Getting More Accessible Across Incomes. Here’s Why
- Stock market today: Asian shares retreat, tracking Wall St decline as price data disappoints
- Average rate on 30
- Fortnite OG is back. Here's what to know about the mode's release, maps and game pass.
Ranking
- US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
- When fire threatened a California university, the school says it knew what to do
- Federal appeals court takes step closer to banning TikTok in US: Here's what to know
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- The Daily Money: Now, that's a lot of zeroes!
- OCBC chief Helen Wong joins Ho Ching, Jenny Lee on Forbes' 100 most powerful women list
Recommendation
'As foretold in the prophecy': Elon Musk and internet react as Tesla stock hits $420 all
Blast rocks residential building in southern China
Elon Musk just gave Nvidia investors one billion reasons to cheer for reported partnership
Biden and Tribal Leaders Celebrate Four Years of Accomplishments on Behalf of Native Americans
Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
In a First, Arizona’s Attorney General Sues an Industrial Farm Over Its Water Use
With the Eras Tour over, what does Taylor Swift have up her sleeve next? What we know
Social media platform Bluesky nearing 25 million users in continued post