SNAP's Capped Shelter Deduction: How the cap hurts low-income families, deepens inequities, and what can be done about it Tuesday, January 11, 4 p.m. Eastern (3 p.m. Central, 2 p.m. Mountain, 1 p.m. Pacific) The Shelter Deduction is a key policy within SNAP to improve benefit adequacy for households facing increasingly high costs of living. Its effectiveness is limited, however, because unless the household includes someone over 60 or a person with a disability, the deduction is capped. The cap also reinforces racial inequities as low-income families of color disproportionately face rent and other cost of living burdens. Understanding the deduction and policy opportunities to improve it are more important than ever to help mitigate benefit cliffs following the end of SNAP Emergency Allotments, and as we approach the 2023 Farm Bill. Join FRAC and Vicky Negus of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Tuesday at 4 p.m. Eastern for a webinar to learn more about this policy, ways to ensure SNAP households are claiming their shelter costs, and opportunities to eliminate the cap. | |
