OPINION | SNAP needs a healthy overhaul

SNAP needs a healthy overhaul

In the coming months, Congress is expected to reauthorize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the country's largest food assistance program that helps poor families afford groceries. Amidst ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, Republicans have focused on SNAP's work provisions, proposing expansions to work requirements and identifying employment as a program goal. These efforts are crucially important — encouraging more work among SNAP recipients offers a realistic path out of poverty.

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