If you don’t listen to the Daily which is the NYT daily news pod, today’s is worth a listen. It reports on what is happening in AZ regarding the SNAP program, and it is brutal and inhumane. AZ got ahead of programmatic changes to the program to avoid the “errors” that will reduce federal funding and leave the state on the hook for more of the program’s cost. The number of people who have dropped from the SNAP roles is far greater than what could have been rooted out as fraud. Legitimately recipients have been forced out due to administrative delays and agency unresponsiveness. It’s just awful, and AZ is just the start.
- Deep thoughts - Wednesday, Aug 5, 26 @ 7:28 am:
If you don’t listen to the Daily which is the NYT daily news pod, today’s is worth a listen. It reports on what is happening in AZ regarding the SNAP program, and it is brutal and inhumane. AZ got ahead of programmatic changes to the program to avoid the “errors” that will reduce federal funding and leave the state on the hook for more of the program’s cost. The number of people who have dropped from the SNAP roles is far greater than what could have been rooted out as fraud. Legitimately recipients have been forced out due to administrative delays and agency unresponsiveness. It’s just awful, and AZ is just the start.