This is it this is what proves you wrong from the USDA web site about the SNAPS program.There you go again with the USDA. Why can't you show the ARRA changing the ABAWD waiver, because it didn't. Waiving the 3/36 time limit goes back to BUSH!!!!! Obama's ARRA stimulus extended Bush's 2008 waiver. Bush modified the waiver rules to allow states to suspend the 3/36 time limit in 2004.Bush launched a SNAP recruitment campaign, which pushed average participation up by 63% during his eight years in office. The USDA began airing paid radio spots in 2004.
Bush did not extend benefit time limits for snaps to a year obama did 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/227714/foodsecuritysnap_1_.pdfFood Security of SNAP
Recipients Improved Following
the 2009 Stimulus Package
Mark Nord, [email protected]
Mark Prell, [email protected]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) benefit levels and expanded SNAP eligibility for jobless adults without children.
After these enhancements, SNAP participation and inflation-adjusted food spending by low-income
households increased.
Food insecurity declined by 2.2 percentage points among low-income households but was unchanged
among households with incomes somewhat above SNAP-eligibility cutoffs.
SNAPS is maintained by the USDA this is their web site and what THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF obama's STIMULUS PROGRAM OF 2009.
FY 2004 ABAWD Waiver Request Guidelines
Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs)
March 11, 2004
SUBJECT:
FSP FY 2004 ABAWD Waiver Request Guidelines
TO:
All Regional Directors
Food Stamp Program
Waiver Criteria
Subsequent to the December 1996 waiver guidance package, we implemented final rules regarding the 3-month time limit for ABAWD participation in the Food Stamp Program. 7 CFR 273.24(f) allows FNS to waive the 3-month time limit for able-bodied adults who reside in an area that:
(1) Has an unemployment rate which exceeds 10 percent; or
(2) Does not have a sufficient number of jobs to provide employment for the individuals.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) benefit levels and expanded SNAP eligibility for jobless adults without children.
After these enhancements, SNAP participation and inflation-adjusted food spending by low-income
households increased.
Food insecurity declined by 2.2 percentage points among low-income households but was unchanged
among households with incomes somewhat above SNAP-eligibility cutoffs.