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Overview of the Food Stamp Time Limits for People Between 18 and 50 - 3/24/97
http://www.cbpp.org/fs1850ov.htm
while 18-50 year old men are exempt from a time limit?
No. Under the new welfare law, families with children are subject to a maximum five-year time
limit on receipt of cash assistance, with the state having the option to exempt up to 20 percent of
such families from the time limit. There is no time limit on their eligibility for food stamps or
Medicaid. By contrast, non-disabled individuals aged 18 to 50 who are not raising minor children
are eligible for no federal cash assistance whatsoever; in most jurisdictions, they can receive no
state or local cash assistance either or can receive only a few months of aid. They also are
generally ineligible for Medicaid. If their state secures a waiver exempting them from the
three-month food stamp cut-off, their safety net still will be vastly weaker than that provided to
poor families with children. If their state does not secure a waiver, they generally will have little or
no safety net at all.
Finally, it should be remembered that over 40 percent of those subject to the food stamp cut-off
provision are women, some of whom have refrained from having children until they marry or
otherwise better their economic circumstances.
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