Who Are the Low-Income Childless Adults Facing the Loss of SNAP in 2016?
A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities profiles the low-income childless adults who will be phased out of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2016 as a result of new time limits on benefits in most states. The report finds that of the 500,000 to 1 million adults projected to lose benefits, most have very low job security and live in extreme poverty, with incomes averaging 29 percent of the federal poverty line. They are also unlikely to receive many other forms of government aid since childless adults are ineligible for Medicaid in most states and are eligible for a very small Earned Income Tax Credit, according to the report.