Laws Limiting Access to SNAP Benefits for People With Felony Drug Convictions: A Policy-Mapping Study.
Objectives. To map US state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) bans for individuals with felony drug convictions between 2004 and 2021. Methods. Using standard legal-mapping methodology, we categorized states as maintaining the lifetime ban imposed by federal law, modifying the lifetim...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 115; no. 2; pp. 170 - 178 |
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