This International Women's Day Take a Stand for SNAP 
Fight back against unworkable time limits on food assistance
USDA's proposed rule to increase the number of SNAP participants subject to time limited assistance is an attack on women, children, and vulnerable young adults. The rule is based on the flawed assumption that persons subject to the work requirement should have no real barriers to finding work if they live in a city with relatively low unemployment. This diminishes the significance of the overlapping and interlocking barriers to opportunity this group faces.




Of those subject to SNAP's time limit 46 percent are women , who face multiple barriers to stable employment.  

Imposing SNAP time limits on non-custodial parents and informal caretakers disrupts their ability to support their children and family members.  
  • SNAP helps non-custodial parents afford child support payments or food for their children during visitation.
  • Many children living in poverty depend on pooled resources from extended family members, including SNAP.

SNAP time limits would disproportionately harm young adults experiencing poverty, including former foster youth.

Maintaining state flexibility to exempt vulnerable adults facing structural barriers to employment is essential to making SNAP responsive to people's economic realities.  

We must amplify the opposition and fight to protect SNAP access for all.


Fight back against this harmful regulation!
1) Submit a comment in opposition to the rule!
Download our template comments  here.
Submit your comments  here  by April 2nd, 2019

2) Spread the word!
After adding your comment on the rule, encourage at least two people in your network to do the same. Every comment helps!

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Thank you for your support!

Questions?  Contact: Jared Call  jared@cfpa.net or Gabby Tilley gabby@cfpa.net