This article discusses how a new Food Stamp policy change in Winston-Salem could cut as many as 110,000 people from the Food Stamp program as a result of changed requirements. The new requirement entails that people work, volunteer, or attend educational training for 80 hours a month. If this requirement isn't met, the person is cut from the program after 3 months.
This will surely impact the lives of many poor people. Forcing them to work 80 hours in addition to their likely already busy and hectic lives is a big change. People have responded with furious complaints about the time frame they were given and about the fact that they weren't given any "next step" with this new plan. This plan will be interesting to keep up with as it gets pushed through legislation.
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