Low-income Ohioans in these 26 counties are not required to work to receive food stamps. They are 97% white.
95% of Ohio's African-American families live outside of these counties, where they must work to receive food stamps. Read more in my latest paper: communitysolutions.com/research/recei…
95% of Ohio's African-American families live outside of these counties, where they must work to receive food stamps. Read more in my latest paper: communitysolutions.com/research/recei…
The average unemployment rate in Ohio's eight largest cities is about 12%. Seven of them have unemployment rates higher than almost all 26 counties where work requirements for food stamps are waived. Read more in my latest paper communitysolutions.com/research/recei…
#SNAP #Food #Ohio #poverty
#SNAP #Food #Ohio #poverty
TLDR; OH's waiver of work reqs for food stamps at the county level implicitly favors rural white Ohioans, while minorities in cities w/ high unemployment and poverty are not granted such leniency.
OH's proposal to implement work reqs in #medicaid uses the same exemption criteria
OH's proposal to implement work reqs in #medicaid uses the same exemption criteria
This thread has gotten far more attention than I ever expected (😬), so I should clarify:
As @ArthurDelaneyHP correctly pointed out, the work requirement only applies to childless, able-bodied adults, which is specified in the paper. That said, the racial disparity remains.
As @ArthurDelaneyHP correctly pointed out, the work requirement only applies to childless, able-bodied adults, which is specified in the paper. That said, the racial disparity remains.
