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Kelsey Pukelis

Kelsey Pukelis

Kelsey Pukelis is a Ph.D. student in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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SNAP work requirements don’t get more people working, but they do limit availability of food aid

By: - May 3, 2023

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would cut spending, in part by expanding work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, through which nearly 43 million low-income Americans get help buying groceries. The House bill calls for this policy to apply to adults as old as 55, while today this policy only […]