Category: Public Assistance Asset Limit Reform

Teaching Public Benefit Recipients How to Fish

How Arkansas can Lessen Reliance on SNAP & TANF and Support Economic Independence by Lifting Asset Limits Read Policy Points 42 here.

Strengthening the Case for Removing Asset Limits on SNAP & TANF: Results of DHS Asset Limits Study

In support of Southern’s mission to create economic opportunity and promote financial security, our policy team worked to pass legislation (Act 535 of 2013) during Arkansas’s 89th General…

TANF Reforms Could Have Big Impacts in Arkansas and Mississippi

Last month, the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) presented a federal policy proposal offering ten opportunities to reform the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to better…

We finally have a farm bill: States retain ability to eliminate asset limits

Last Friday, following months of negotiations, President Obama signed into law The Agricultural Act of 2014 (also known as the Farm Bill). This five-year legislation enacts policies and…

What’s going on with the farm bill?

Due to the recent federal government shutdown, the farm bill was placed on the backburner until now. Legislators will convene again tomorrow to discuss and write a final…

Farm Bill Cuts + Asset Limits = Raw Deal for SNAP Recipients

For 40 years, farm programs and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, previously known as food stamps) have been moved and reauthorized as a single piece of legislation. However,…

Arkansans’ Financial Security at Risk

Little Rock, AR. — When it comes to state policies that help residents build and protect assets, Arkansas has room for improvement, according to new policy data released…