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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food benefits to low-income families. Recent changes in the law modify who is eligible to receive SNAP benefits and impose new requirements on some applicants. The new law requires adult SNAP recipients (18-64 years old) to work, volunteer, or participate in employment training at least 20 hours per week or 80 hours per month.
There are still other exemptions to the work requirement: you may qualify if you are disabled, primary caretaker for a disabled individual, are currently employed or in school, or meet one of the other exemptions. When you recertify, make sure to talk to DHHS about whether you would qualify for an exemption to the work requirements and what documentation is needed to show you meet the exemption.
“Legal Aid of Nebraska and [our attorney] Phil was there for us, standing up for us with the banks when they continued to try and take advantage of us,"
Last October, Nancy started getting letters in the mail from the Small Business Administration (SBA) - which was odd, because she had never applied for a business loan and is not a business owner. She received a letter from the US Treasury about a Small Business Loan she never applied for. One of the letters even threatened to withhold money from her social security checks.
After she was late with rent, Priscilla’s landlord accused her of smoking in the unit and threatened her with eviction. She was ready to go to court to defend herself rather than lose her apartment and be forced to move.
Legal Aid of Nebraska client receives settlement after pregnancy discrimination case at meat packing plant
“It’s hard to think about financial things when you are worried about your child. Parents are pulled in a million different directions,” said Cristy. Legal Aid’s assistance helped to carry some of the weight that was on this family’s shoulders.
