Legislative Updates Last Day to Comment-Take 10 Minutes to Protect Food Assistance for 3 Million Americans Christina Wong September 23, 2019 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email Today is your last chance to submit a comment to oppose the latest attack on SNAP, a rule proposal that threatens to take food off the tables of 3.1 million Americans. The proposed rule will do the following: Take SNAP assistance from 175,600 Washingtonians Render 500,000 school children (between 15,663 to 17,000 kids in Washington) no longer eligible for free school meals Force working families with children, seniors, and people with disabilities that are struggling to get by on limited or fixed incomes to face deeper hunger in order to pay the rent, utility bills, childcare, and other necessities Cost Washington State more than $43 million in local jobs and business revenue each year Overwhelm the charitable, hunger relief network when these households no longer have SNAP to help them buy food from local grocers, farmers markets, or farm stands. What You Can Do
