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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1564036" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2015/03/apnewsbreak_9000_mainers_lose_food_stamps_under_new_rules?utm_campaign=bostonherald_trending_stories&amp;utm_source=bostonherald&amp;utm_medium=trending_stories" target="_blank">http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2015/03/apnewsbreak_9000_mainers_lose_food_stamps_under_new_rules?utm_campaign=bostonherald_trending_stories&amp;utm_source=bostonherald&amp;utm_medium=trending_stories</a>APNewsBreak: 9,000 Mainers lose food stamps under new rulesAUGUSTA, Maine — More than 9,000 Maine residents have been removed from the state&#039;s food stamp program since Republican Gov. Paul LePage&#039;s administration began enforcing work and volunteer requirements late last year, officials said.The number of people that have been dropped from the program has exceeded even the administration&#039;s expectations.About 12,000 adults who aren&#039;t disabled and don&#039;t have children were in the program before Jan. 1. That number has dropped to 2,680 this month .Since October, healthy adults without children have been required to work at least 20 hours a week, volunteer or participate in a work-training program to continue receiving benefits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after three months. It&#039;s the result of the administration&#039;s decision to no longer seek a waiver for the federal requirement, which it had used since 2008.Once someone loses their benefits, they&#039;re ineligible for assistance for three years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1564036, member: 12952"] [URL]http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2015/03/apnewsbreak_9000_mainers_lose_food_stamps_under_new_rules?utm_campaign=bostonherald_trending_stories&utm_source=bostonherald&utm_medium=trending_stories[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]APNewsBreak: 9,000 Mainers lose food stamps under new rules[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B]AUGUSTA, Maine — More than 9,000 Maine residents have been removed from the state's food stamp program since Republican Gov. Paul LePage's administration began enforcing work and volunteer requirements late last year, officials said. The number of people that have been dropped from the program has exceeded even the administration's expectations. About 12,000 adults who aren't disabled and don't have children were in the program before Jan. 1. That number has dropped to 2,680 this month .[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B]Since October, healthy adults without children have been required to work at least 20 hours a week, volunteer or participate in a work-training program to continue receiving benefits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after three months. It's the result of the administration's decision to no longer seek a waiver for the federal requirement, which it had used since 2008.[/B] [B][/B] [B]Once someone loses their benefits, they're ineligible for assistance for three years.[/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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