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Sen. Jeff Irwin’s Proposed Elimination of “Assets Based Test” for State Food Assistance is Not Good Enough

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 6, 2023

Note: According to a Feb. 27 article in MLive.com, "Senate Bill 35 introduced in January would delete the asset testing requirement used by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to determine eligibility for the…

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Urban Exile: Feeding America Takes On The Myths About The SNAP Program

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 22, 2014 0

PROGRAM FACTS SNAP is targeted at the most vulnerable. 76 percent of SNAP households included a child, an elderly person, or a disabled person. These vulnerable households receive 83 percent of all SNAP benefits. SNAP eligibility…