Trump Team Proposes Change To Food Stamps, Eliminates Cash Benefits, Proposes ‘America’s Harvest Box’
By Brittany De Lea, Fox Business // February 13, 2018
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(FOX BUSINESS) – The Trump administration has a proposal to replace some of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) cash benefits with boxes of physical food.
The plan, outlined in the administration’s budget blueprint for fiscal year 2019, is being dubbed “America’s Harvest Box” by the Department of Agriculture. It would provide 16.4 million households, about 81% of current food stamp recipients, with boxes of non-perishable food items grown by U.S. farmers in place of some of their SNAP aid.
The government’s proposed program would apply to households that receive more than $90 in food stamp benefits.
NOTE: America’s Harvest Box could save the country $129.2 billion over the course of a decade
Items that could be included in a government-issued food box are grains, peanut butter, canned meat, canned fruits and vegetables, juice and other shelf-stable products, according to the Department of Agriculture.
The government would decide what to include based on nutrition guidelines utilized for other, existing programs, such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.
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