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Deb Etheridge

107:48 - 108:13

“previous rule for the age range was 18 to 54. Those were the able-bodied adults, which means that they are, if they're not working or not in compliance, they can only receive 3 months of SNAP benefits. Under HR 1, the age range changes to 18 to 64.”
Speaker
Deb Etheridge
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
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From the transcript

There were changes that affect those individuals who are able-bodied adults without dependent children and their exception or who's going to fall into that able-bodied adults rule. And so previous rule, I tried to be very clear, previous rule for the age range was 18 to 54. Those were the able-bodied adults, which means that they are, if they're not working or not in compliance, they can only receive 3 months of SNAP benefits. Under HR 1, the age range changes to 18 to 64. This becomes very important and I'll talk about it in a little bit.