Yep. My daughter had food stamps one month, until she refused to get them any longer.
She could not buy chunk cheese from the deli but could buy sliced cheese.
I was shocked, she could buy sugared cereals but not organic.
It was so bizarre, oh yea the amount she received was $900 a month for the four of them.....$900. Where before she got laid off her budget was $300 and she made everything from scratch.......
Really do not how to resolve the issue.
People who need TEMPORARY help I have no issue with, its the generational crap that irks me.
Like your daughter, I needed them temporarily not that long ago - though I do admit using them longer than a month - and the $526/month for 3 of us wasn’t far off my normal QUARTERLY food budget.
One of the little known secrets of food stamps is that vegetable and herb plants and seeds are eligible purchases and I honestly believe the only reason the case worker told me that was because at the time I had been selling selling jams, jellies and other items I was making from things I grew (I still do) and included that in “monthly income.” I totally plead guilty to going to town on that EBT card one month on plants and seeds in WalMart. Because I use so many heirlooms, I’m still reaping those benefits more than 3 years later by saving seeds!
I honestly believe a course that includes budgeting, cooking, etc should be required for those receiving food stamps. Of course that will never happen because it would be “too stigmatizing.”