Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee may make it harder for single parents to access the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
A new provision in Republicans’ 97-page bill, rolled out Monday evening, allows for exceptions to the program’s work requirements for some able-bodied adults, including certain married parents, without making the same considerations for single parents.
Jane Clayson Johnson, Keira Farrimond, Steven Watkins, Deseret News
Paige Sheffield, Little Things
Victor Joecks, Las Vegas Review-Journal
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