Trump Administration to Require Millions to Reapply for SNAP Benefits
The Trump administration will require millions of SNAP recipients to reapply after finding 186,000 deceased people still receiving benefits in 29 states, aiming to reduce fraud.
- On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the Trump administration will require millions of SNAP recipients to reapply for benefits.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the move is meant to root out alleged fraud and provide a platform to rebuild SNAP through a program overhaul.
- Data review uncovered duplicate payments and unusual multi-state claims, with one man receiving benefits in six states, 500,000 people getting two SNAP payments, and about 120 Americans arrested.
- More than 41 million Americans receive SNAP benefits averaging $187 each, but no details were announced on federal government versus state recertification systems.
- After reviewing files from 29 red states, Brooke Rollins cited troubling records and said the president has made SNAP recertification a priority for the administration.
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Trump Admin to Require Millions to Reapply for SNAP Benefits
The Trump administration will require millions of food aid recipients to recertify their information to receive their benefits, part of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' effort to overhaul the program, she told Newsmax on Thursday. On "Rob Schmitt Tonight," Rollins said she plans to "have everyone reapply for their benefits, make sure that everyone that's taking a taxpayer-funded benefit through ... food stamps, that they literally are vulne…
Trump Admin Exposes SNAP Benefits Going to 186,000 Dead People.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins revealed that 186,000 dead people are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food stamps, with half a million recipients receiving double benefits.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, and state governments providing SNAP data.WHEN & WHERE: Rollins shared this information this week, following data collection from 29 states earlier this ye…
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Calls for SNAP Program to be Rebuilt - Everyone Will Need to Reapply - Can We Do Voter Rolls Next, Please?
Forty-three days into the government shutdown, panic set in as certain subsidies began to dry up. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) garnered the most attention, especially among Democrats, under the rally cry of ’42 million people being denied their SNAP benefits!’ Posts went viral of people claiming to resort to violence and chaos if the program closes during the shutdown.
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