ADMINISTRATION RULE
WILL SOON TAKE FOOD
STAMPS BENEFITS AWAY
FROM ALMOST 700-
THOUSAND PEOPLE..
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SPEAKING OUT ---- IN
FAVOR AND AGAINST THE
NEW POLICY!
NINE ON YOUR SIDE'S
DILLON HUFFMAN IS IN
THE NEWSROOM TO
BREAK DOWN HOW IT
COULD IMPACT
RESIDENTS HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA...
DILLON?
THIS APPLIES TO ADULTS
---- 18 TO 49.
BASICALLY --- PEOPLE
WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK
--- WITH NO
DEPENDENTS.
SOME PEOPLE SAY ---
THIS IS GOOD --- MORE
PEOPLE NEED TO BE
HELPING THEMSELVES!
OTHERS IN GREENVILLE
ARE WORRIED --- THEY
SAY, EVEN THOUGH
PEOPLE ARE WORKING,
THEY MIGHT NEED A
LITTLE EXTRA HELP.
09-14 theresa williams,
greenville
14-20 teresa white,
greenville
BOTH TERERA WHITE AND
THERESA WILLIAMS don't
HAVE FOOD STAMPS.
BUT THEY BOTH SAY
THEY KNOW PEOPLE
WHO DO BENEFIT FROM
THEM "Theres a lot of
people who go through hard
times, you have to go to
family members or whoever
for food or whatever" "Food
stamps help, I dont get them
but I know they help"
THATS WHY --- THEY'RE
BOTH WORRIED ABOUT
PEOPLE POSSIBLY
LOSING FOOD STAMPS IN
2020.
"You take the assistance
away, something is going to
fall somewhere, sure very
sure" STARTING IN APRIL
2020 --- THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WILL
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT
FOR STATES TO WAIVE A
REQUIREMENT THAT ABLE
BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT
CHILDREN WORK AT
LEAST 20 HOURS A WEEK
OR ELSE LOSE THEIR
BENEFITS ---- MAKING IT
HARDER FOR ADULTS
AGES 18-49 --- WITH NO
DISABILIETIES OR
DEPENDANTS --- WHO
CAN WORK --- TO GET
FOOD STAMPS.
THE ADMINISTRATION
SAYS THIS WILL
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
RECIEVING BENEFITS TO
GET JOBS.
IN A STATEMENT ---- US
AGRICULTURE
SECRETARY SUNNY
PERDUE SAID --- IN THE
MIDST OF THE
STRONGEST ECONOMY IN
GENERATIONS, WE NEED
PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK,
TO WORK.
SOME --- INCLUDING
WHITE AND WILLIAMS SAY
--- THIS COULD STILL
HURT LOW INCOME
INDIVIDULS WHO CANT
FIND STEADY WORK ---
OR THOSE WHO ARE
WORKING, BUT STILL
NEED A LITTLE EXTRA
HELP.
"All jobs dont pay enough,
they may have more bills
than money" I ALSO GOT A
STATEMENT FROM JAN
ELLIOTT --- SHES THE
PITT COUNTY DSS
DIRECTOR.
SHE SAYS --- NORTH
CAROLINA DOES NOT AT
THIS POINT HAVE THE
WAIVER FOR ABLE
BODIED ADULTS, SO
THERE WILL BE NO
IMPACT WITH THE APRIL
CHANGE.
IT COULD AFFECT
FUTURE WAIVER
REQUESTS."
I DID SPEAK TO SOME
PEOPLE WHO didn't WANT
TO GO ON CAMERA BUT
SAY THIS WILL BE A GOOD
THING.
THEY AGREE --- IF YOU
CAN WORK, YOU
SHOULD! I ALSO
REACHED OUT TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOR MORE
CLARIFICATION ON HOW
THIS COULD IMPACT
PEOPLE IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
IM STILL WAITING TO
HEAR BACK.
DILLON, THANKS.
THIS WEEK MARKS
ONE YEAR SINCE PITT
COUNTY SHERIFF PAULA
