Food Stamp Eligibility Expanded for Families with Child Care Costs

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As of March 1, OTDA raised the income eligibility level for working families with significant child and dependent care expenses from 130 percent of the federal poverty level to 200 percent. OTDA Commissioner David A. Hansell, along with Senator Velmanette Montgomery and Senator Daniel Squadron, made me announcement at die Albany Community Action Partnership's (ACAP) Early Learning and Head Start Center in Albany.

Senator Montgomery, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Children and Families, said: "No New Yorker should have to choose between feeding tiieir family and paying for odier vital living expenses. That's why Commissioner Hansell's work on behalf our most vulnerable citizens is so important. I applaud me Commissioner for raising die income eligibility threshold, which makes it possible for many more working families with significant child care costs to receive food stamps."

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Food Stamp Eligibility Expanded for Families with Child Care Costs

Thousands of working families with significant child care costs may now qualify for nutritional benefits for the first time, due to an expansion of eligibility for the Food Stamp program, the St...

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