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In reply to the discussion: Coping With Welfare Equals Losing 13 IQ Points [View all]No Vested Interest
(5,165 posts)48. So happy for your good news re staying
in your present apartment.
Hank in.
You can provide a good model for many of us re living with hard circumstances.
(Play - Randy Newman's "You've Got a Friend in Me."
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Yes, there are work requirements in order for a single person to receive food stamps (SNAP).
TexasTowelie
Aug 2014
#52
Antipoverty programs are being sacrificed at the altar of tax cuts for the wealthy.
LiberalAndProud
Aug 2014
#7
A friend once said that the stress of being poor was like the panic you feel when drowning
riderinthestorm
Aug 2014
#26