According to Feeding Texas, a nonprofit food bank network that lobbied for HB 1287, more than 54,000 Texas SNAP applicants were rejected in 2022 due to the value of their vehicles.

More Texans could qualify for federally funded food stamps under a new bill that has been sent to Gov. Greg Abbott's (R-TX) desk. The new bill proposes raising the cap on how much family vehicles ...

Texas was slower than any other state at responding to food-stamp applicants. Today, the state ranks near the top.

Texas lowers barrier for food stamps, but many still won't qualify. By Noah Alcala Bach, The Texas Tribune. Monday, July 3, 2023. ... Her desk is in the family home's main room, ...

Texas lowers barrier for food stamps, but many still won’t qualify A new state law increases what SNAP applicants’ vehicles can be worth before they’re disqualified for federal food assistance.

Mercedes Bristol, 68, executive director of Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, left, and her youngest grandson, Paul Chavez, 12, hold each other in their front yard in San Antonio on June ...

Texas lowers barrier for food stamps, but many still won’t qualify. By. Guest Contributor - June 23, 2023. Facebook. Twitter. ... Her desk is in the family home’s main room, ...

The current SNAP policy in Texas — which was set in 2001 — disqualified applicants whose primary vehicle was valued at $15,000 or more and had additional vehicles valued at $4,650 or more.

Paul Chavez, 12, carries a laundry basket down the stairs for his grandmother, Mercedes Bristol, 68, Executive Director of Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, in San Antonio on June 16, 2023.

Mercedes Bristol spent a recent Friday morning in her suburban San Antonio home sending emails, combing hair, answering calls and doing laundry for her grandson. She was tending both to her work ...