food stamp
nounDefinition of food stamp
: a government-issued coupon that is sold at little cost or given to low-income persons and is redeemable for food
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The revision would limit food stamps to households that have received at least $50 a month in TANF benefits for at least six months. — Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, "Tens of thousands of Dallas County residents at risk of losing SNAP benefits, policy experts say," 22 Aug. 2019 The change would implement a set of federal work requirements for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also called food stamps, in a state that has long had a waiver from those rules. — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, "Dunleavy administration seeks to tighten work requirements for some food stamp recipients," 11 Aug. 2019 Trump administration proposals could end food stamps for thousands of Alabamians. — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, "Food stamp changes could cut off benefits for some Alabamians," 31 July 2019 Making this change could take away food stamps from at least 27,000 households, according to Jim Jones, Wisconsin's director of Medicaid programs for the Department of Health Services. — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "27,000 Wisconsin households could lose food stamps under Trump administration proposal," 25 July 2019 State officials said investigations of this nature often involve businesses accepting food stamps improperly, such as trade stamps for cash or allowing improper purchases. — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, "Feds investigating food stamp fraud at Findlay Market vendor," 10 May 2018 For more than a century, immigrants could not be penalized in any way for using benefits such as food stamps, social security or Medicaid. — Meagan Flynn, The Denver Post, "Historians bash Ken Cuccinelli’s revised Statue of Liberty poem," 14 Aug. 2019 The error rate for food stamps, technically known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, covers things such as when states certify someone who is not eligible for the benefits or awards them incorrect benefits. — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, "Alabama’s food stamp error rate among lowest in the country," 7 Aug. 2019 Government subsidies such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, can’t be used to buy diapers or wipes. — Brie Zeltner, cleveland.com, "Molina Healthcare ups its diaper commitment to city infant mortality prevention program," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'food stamp.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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