{"id":4001,"date":"2019-07-31T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/oregon-democrat-lawmakers-fight-food-aid-cutbacks\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:31","slug":"oregon-democrat-lawmakers-fight-food-aid-cutbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/oregon-democrat-lawmakers-fight-food-aid-cutbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Democrat lawmakers fight food aid cutbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Peter DeFazio, along with Sen. Ron Wyden and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer and Kurt Schrader, pushed the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a letter Wednesday to immediately withdraw a harmful proposed rule that would take food assistance away from 3 million Americans, including 66,000 Oregonians.<\/p>\n

Merkley es el principal dem\u00f3crata en el Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones de Agricultura del Senado que supervisa el USDA, que ejecuta el programa SNAP en todo el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n

 The agency’s proposed rule would change the way supplemental food benefits are determined, reducing the number of people who are eligible.<\/p>\n

Although USDA has stated that SNAP has maintained some of the highest program integrity standards and most meticulous quality control systems of any federal program, the political leadership at USDA now claims that its new, more restrictive rule “makes things fair” and is needed to improve compliance and eligibility consistency, the lawmakers said.<\/p>\n

“We are especially concerned about the number of Oregon children—many of whom receive their only meal of the day at school—who will lose access to free school meals if they are not automatically certified for school meals because of their SNAP participation,” the delegation wrote. <\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>While the vast majority of these children may qualify for reduced price meals, they will have to reapply for the program and bring lunch money in order to continue to eat at school. Because schools are reimbursed at a lower rate for children who participate in reduced-price meals, this change will also mean less money for schools.\u201d<\/span>              <\/p>\n

Los legisladores se\u00f1alaron la carga sobre el estado y el impacto econ\u00f3mico negativo de la regla propuesta: \u201c<\/span>En Oreg\u00f3n, esta regla propuesta tambi\u00e9n ser\u00eda una carga importante para el Departamento de Servicios Humanos (DHS), que administra el programa SNAP de Oreg\u00f3n. DHS ha estado utilizando la elegibilidad categ\u00f3rica durante 15 a\u00f1os y necesitar\u00eda actualizar sus capacidades t\u00e9cnicas y volver a capacitar al personal trabajador que ayuda a garantizar que los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n reciban sus beneficios. Tambi\u00e9n sabemos que cada $1 gastado en beneficios SNAP genera aproximadamente $1.79 en actividad econ\u00f3mica.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One in seven Oregonians are food insecure, which means they don’t have access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious foods. Most SNAP recipients in Oregon are children—nearly one-third of households—and seniors, they said.<\/p>\n

“This proposed change would take food away from families in Oregon, make it harder for kids to get school meals, and add red tape and inefficiency to a program t<\/p>\n

hat is working well,” said Annie Kirschner<\/span>, executive director of Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon. \u201c<\/span>Every county in Oregon would be hurt by this. The administration needs to listen to Oregonians who care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s the fundamental duty of the federal government to protect the well-being of all Americans,” said Susannah Morgan, CEO of Oregon Food Bank. \u201c<\/span>I’m deeply disappointed that the USDA would propose a rule change that would take away SNAP benefits from more than 3 million Americans, including 260,000 children who would also face losing free school meals as a result. Families likely impacted are usually working, sometimes more than one job, saving a little, and facing high living costs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“This proposed rule is unnecessarily cruel, ignores Congressional intent, takes food away from families, prevents children from getting school meals, and makes it harder for states to administer food assistance,” the delegation wrote. “We urge you to immediately withdraw this harmful proposed rule.”<\/p>\n

Encuentra la carta de la delegaci\u00f3n aqu\u00ed<\/a> y por debajo.  <\/p>\n

31 de julio de 2019<\/p>\n

El Honorable Sonny Perdue<\/p>\n

secretario de agricultura<\/p>\n

Departamento de Agricultura de EE. UU.<\/p>\n

1400 Avenida Independencia, SW<\/p>\n

Washington, DC 20250<\/p>\n

Estimado Secretario Perdue:<\/p>\n

Escribimos para plantear serias preocupaciones sobre la regla propuesta recientemente por el Departamento de Agricultura de EE. UU. (USDA) "Revisi\u00f3n de la elegibilidad categ\u00f3rica de SNAP". A pesar de la afirmaci\u00f3n de la agencia de que esta regla "solucionar\u00eda una laguna" y garantizar\u00eda que se brinden beneficios a los m\u00e1s necesitados, los cambios propuestos, seg\u00fan las propias estimaciones del USDA, quitar\u00edan la asistencia alimentaria a aproximadamente tres millones de estadounidenses, incluidos 66,000 habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n. que actualmente son participantes elegibles de SNAP.<\/p>\n

La regla propuesta por la agencia restringe la capacidad de los estados para determinar la elegibilidad para SNAP al limitar la "Elegibilidad Categ\u00f3rica", lo que permite que las personas sean autom\u00e1ticamente o "categ\u00f3ricamente" elegibles para SNAP en funci\u00f3n de ser elegibles o recibir beneficios de otros programas espec\u00edficos de asistencia para personas de bajos ingresos que Ya verifique los ingresos, los bienes y otras circunstancias. La elegibilidad categ\u00f3rica garantiza que los solicitantes sean elegibles para los beneficios que solicitan recibir.<\/p>\n

The proposed rule fails to recognize the Congressional intent behind Broad Based Categorical Eligibility and circumvents Congress. We would like to remind you that Congress has on a bipartisan, bicameral basis repeatedly opposed and rejected harmful changes to nutrition assistance. Most recently, Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill that specifically protects this key policy. We reject USDA’s claims that this rule “makes things fair” and is needed to improve compliance and eligibility consistency. As you know, your own depa<\/p>\n

rtment has stated that SNAP has maintained some of the highest program integrity standards and most meticulous quality control systems of any federal program.<\/p>\n

We are especially concerned about the number of Oregon children—many of whom receive their only meal of the day at school—who will lose access to free school meals if they are not automatically certified for school meals because of their SNAP participation. While the vast majority of these children may qualify for reduced price meals, they will have to reapply for the program and bring lunch money in order to continue to eat at school. Because schools are reimbursed at a lower rate for children who participate in reduced-price meals, this change will also mean<\/p>\n

 less money for schools.<\/p>\n

En Oreg\u00f3n, esta regla propuesta tambi\u00e9n ser\u00eda una carga importante para el Departamento de Servicios Humanos (DHS), que administra el programa SNAP de Oreg\u00f3n. DHS ha estado utilizando la elegibilidad categ\u00f3rica durante 15 a\u00f1os y necesitar\u00eda actualizar sus capacidades t\u00e9cnicas y volver a capacitar al personal trabajador que ayuda a garantizar que los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n reciban sus beneficios. Tambi\u00e9n sabemos que cada $1 gastado en beneficios SNAP genera aproximadamente $1.79 en actividad econ\u00f3mica.<\/p>\n

Demasiadas familias estadounidenses trabajadoras luchan contra la inseguridad alimentaria y el acceso a alimentos frescos y nutritivos. Deber\u00edamos hacer m\u00e1s para abordar el hambre y poner fin al ciclo de la pobreza, en lugar de socavar la asistencia b\u00e1sica de la que dependen las familias, especialmente los ni\u00f1os, las personas mayores y las personas con discapacidades, para sobrevivir.<\/p>\n

Esta regla propuesta es innecesariamente cruel, ignora la intenci\u00f3n del Congreso, quita los alimentos a las familias, impide que los ni\u00f1os reciban comidas escolares y dificulta que los estados administren la asistencia alimentaria. En el pa\u00eds m\u00e1s rico del mundo, podemos y debemos asegurarnos de que cada familia en los Estados Unidos pueda tener comida en su mesa todos los d\u00edas y que ning\u00fan ni\u00f1o vaya a la escuela o se acueste con hambre por la noche.<\/p>\n

Le instamos a que retire de inmediato esta norma propuesta perjudicial. Esperamos su respuesta.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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