increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, otherwise known as food stamps, for the 12 million families who rely on the aid most. The order would increase weekly benefits for a family of four by 15 or 20 per cent. An increase of benefits awarded through a school meals program for low-income families could also give a family of three children more than $100 in extra benefits every two months” (Hall, 2021). What problems do you foresee if these benefits were not available to these low-income families and migrants within the U.S.?

increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, otherwise known as food stamps, for the 12 million families who rely on the aid most. The order would increase weekly benefits for a family of four by 15 or 20 per cent. An increase of benefits awarded through a school meals program for low-income families could also give a family of three children more than $100 in extra benefits every two months” (Hall, 2021). What problems do you foresee if these benefits were not available to these low-income families and migrants within the U.S.?

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Chapter33: Income, Income Distribution, And Poverty

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