Starting today, applicants for food assistance in Pennsylvania will no longer have to undergo a controversial assets test — one that critics said kept thousands of needy people from being able to access help they were eligible to receive.
Previously, anyone applying for food stamps (officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) was subject to an assets test that barred people with disabilities or over age 60 with more than $9,000 in assets from getting assistance, or anyone under age 60 with more than $5,500 from receiving them.
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