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May 28, 2025
…reducing the maximum SNAP benefit. Currently for a family of three, the maximum monthly benefit is $768 per month. One option is to reduce that amount, and actually in 2021…
May 14, 2025
…elements: reducing the maximum SNAP benefit, reducing deductions, expanding work requirements, and ending broad-based categorical eligibility. I analyze each of these reforms, focusing on the consequences for the SNAP benefit…
May 13, 2025
…increasing benefit levels for inflation. The Thrifty Food Plan sets maximum SNAP benefit levels, intending to represent the cost of a “nutritious, practical, cost-effective diet” for home consumption. President Biden’s…
March 11, 2025
…the following cost-saving elements: reducing the maximum SNAP benefit, reducing deductions, expanding work requirements, and ending broad based categorical eligibility. In this paper I analyze each of these reform elements…
March 4, 2025
…implement a work mandate. It aligns incentives, leverages motivation, and provides support services that help people on public benefits to achieve their maximum functional capacity. Ultimately, it encourages individuals to…
February 4, 2025
…Tax Credit to $4,200 for children aged to 5 and $3,000 for children aged 6 to 17, compared to the current $2,000 maximum for all eligible children. It would also…
February 3, 2025
…year (the most recent year of data available). Approximately 60 percent of those public school lunches were free or at reduced price (a maximum price of 40 cents per meal)…
January 30, 2025
…SNAP benefit structure—the maximum benefit levels, the tapering point, the benefit reduction rate, and the exit point—to eliminate benefit cliffs and improve employment outcomes for participants while reducing program costs….
January 21, 2025
…of maximizing their waiver coverage. Therefore, even if one area (county, city, town, etc.) is not eligible for a waiver according to any of the above criteria, the area may…
January 7, 2025
…one child each would each receive a maximum of around $4,300 in 2025, but if they married they would both qualify for a maximum of over $7,100 (using the schedule for two…