5/15/2021 In response to COVID-19, the federal government has expanded access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for college students. The federal government has also increased the amount of SNAP benefits those eligible can receive. Right now, because of the pandemic, everyone who qualifies for SNAP gets the maximum amount for their household size. SNAP helps families and individuals make sure they get the food they need. It can be used like cash to buy fruits, vegetables, cereal, bread, meat, fish, dairy products and more. SNAP is an entitlement program, which means that every single person eligible for the program will get benefits. However, to be eligible for SNAP, students must also meet additional SNAP rules and income eligibility criteria.
The fight over welfare is back. The COVID relief bill creates a new $100 billion program that will send no-strings monthly checks to parents whether or not they
ever work. But it does this for only a year.
That s the first of several clever ways Democrats disguised the impact of the program. It let them claim that the checks were temporary pandemic aid. By the time Democrats move to make it permanent – which they will – they hope constituents will be accustomed to getting the monthly cash.
The second trick was billing the plan as an expanded child tax credit, leading most people to think that it s just a generous version of the existing credit, which refunds money only to people who pay taxes or earn some income. That s not what the new version does. Cash goes to everyone with a child, income or not. If they don t owe taxes, the money s sent to them directly. Have a kid, get a check. Just like the old, hated Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) welfare