Proposed Rule Change Would Cut SSI Benefits for Disabled Adults Living with Families on SNAP
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Eli Hager
Summary
The Trump administration is pushing a rule change that would penalize or cut benefits for up to 400,000 disabled adults receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) who live with family members that receive SNAP benefits. The article highlights the story of Shy'tyra Burton, a woman with developmental and intellectual disabilities, to illustrate how such a policy would devastate vulnerable individuals who rely on federal assistance to survive outside institutional care. The proposed change targets disabled adults whose parents or relatives receive food assistance, effectively reducing or eliminating their SSI benefits.
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· 3 pulledEven a glance at Shy'tyra Burton's life reveals her need for the sort of federal government assistance that helps disabled Americans stay in their homes.
Born two months prematurely into a poor family in Philadelphia, unable to breathe or swallow without tubes and largely confined to medical facilities until age 4, Burton was diagnosed with a litany of developmental and intellectual disabilities that left her with an IQ below 70.
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
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