Food aid doesn’t make people loafers – research shows government benefits help low-income people find jobs

Getting SNAP benefits can already be hard, and due to legal changes Congress approved in 2025 it could get harder for many Americans.

By: Claudia Strauss, Pitzer College, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 1,241

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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By Claudia Strauss, Pitzer College

Millie Morales believes in hard work.

“I feel that as an American citizen, we all have a great opportunity to be able to improve our life,” the 58-year-old woman explained in an interview I conducted with her in 2025. “Are you willing to put in the work, or are you not?”

Morales, whose name I changed to protect her privacy, was a stay-at-home mom devoted to caring for her …

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