About 30,000 people in Pennsylvania could lose their food stamp benefits early next year — about 8,000 of them in Allegheny County — due to the return of a three-month limit on assistance for unemployed or underemployed adults ages 18 to 50 who aren’t disabled or raising minor children.
The change is due to a requirement in the 1996 welfare reform law that hasn’t been in effect for many years because of high unemployment rates during the recession. As unemployment rates continue to fall, at least parts of Pennsylvania will be subject to the rule next year.
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