“It is dangerous,' said the head of a Puerto Rican nonprofit group that provides food to the homeless. 'People don’t have enough money to buy food already.'
A home destroyed by Hurricane Maria in 2017. The island now faces a funding cliff over its food stamps program, which 1.3 million residents rely on to eat. By Jeff Stein Jeff Stein Reporter for Wonkblog Email Bio Follow March 8 at 1:19 PM Puerto Rico has started cutting benefits paid out by a food stamps program used by more than 1 million of its residents, as federal lawmakers have not provided the island with additional emergency disaster funding amid opposition from the Trump administration.
“It is dangerous. People don’t have enough money to buy food already,” said Socorro Rivera, executive director of La Fondita de Jesús, a nonprofit group near San Juan that provides food for the homeless, who worries about being overwhelmed with new requests if the issue is not resolved soon.Several federal proposals have emerged that could quickly fund the program, though only temporarily.
Some Senate Democrats are pushing to include similar measures in Perdue’s aid package. Four Democratic Senators, including presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren , sent a letter to House and Senate leadership earlier this month saying they were “deeply disappointed” the GOP bill neglects additional assistance for Puerto Rico beyond food stamps money.
“For me, it’s difficult because the only help I get for buying food is from this program,” Rivera said. “Of course I’m scared.”
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