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SNAP work requirements don’t actually get more people working – but they do drastically limit the availability of food aid

  • Written by Kelsey Pukelis, Ph.D. Student in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
SNAP work requirements don’t actually get more people working – but they do drastically limit the availability of food aidThese benefits make it easier for millions of Americans to buy groceries.SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would cut spending, in part by expanding work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, through which nearly 43 million low-income Americans get help buying groceries....

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