More Texans could qualify for federally funded food stamps under a new bill that has been sent to Gov. Greg Abbott's (R-TX) desk.
The new bill proposes raising the cap on how much family vehicles can be worth while still allowing low-income residents to receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Eligibility for SNAP nationwide is based on income, household size, and citizenship status. But families can be disqualified because of how much their vehicles are worth in Texas.The current limit is $15,000 for the first vehicle and $4,650 for additional vehicles.
More than 11,000 households were denied SNAP benefits in Texas because of the value of their vehicles in 2019, according to a Feeding Texas report. Nearly five times that amount, 54,740 households, were denied benefits because of their vehicles in 2022. “I really view this as not a handout but a hand up. … What we want people to do is to grow out of dependence on the government. You have to have transportation to do that,” state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, a Republican, told the Texas Tribune. “You have to have the ability to get to the job.”SNAP is a federal welfare program that aids families and people with food purchases. To qualify, beneficiaries must meet a number of requirements, including factoring in the size of the household.
A SNAP recipient's household income typically must meet the gross income limit, which is at or below 130% of the poverty line.
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