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Committee proposes $100 one‑time stipend for Reach Up households, and backs using SNAP discretionary exemptions
Summary
Committee staff recommended using reach‑up caseload savings to pay a $100 one‑time inflation response stipend to Reach Up households and to deploy unused SNAP discretionary exemptions; members asked for further data before final decisions.
Committee staff told members there is $499,995 in Reach Up caseload savings in the BAA the administration proposed to move elsewhere. Staff and advocacy partners recommended keeping those funds in the Reach Up program and using the money to pay a one‑time $100 inflation response stipend to each eligible household; staff estimated the payment would use roughly $372,700 of the available funds based on November caseload…
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