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Why Are SNAP Benefits So Confusing That Even Social Workers Can’t Figure Them Out? (Talk Poverty)
Talk Poverty, July 9, 2020
Why Are SNAP Benefits So Confusing That Even Social Workers Can’t Figure Them Out?
New York is the latest state to alter Rule1.8(e) in favor of providing aid to poor clients. Changes proposed by a committee at the New York City Bar were approved by the Administrative Board of New York courts on June 18. The push to refine Rule 1.8(e) began two years ago, but was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying state of emergency. In March, the bar modified their ask to request an immediate ‘humanitarian exception’ to the rule for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.
