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State SNAP agencies are overloaded — what *actually* can be done?

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You might have gathered by now, dear reader, that I spend a fair bit of time on the “food stamps” sub-reddit, /r/foodstamps. (For what it’s worth, just helping people is a recharging experience relative to abstract work intervening in complex systems. I have knowledge on deductions for self-employed earned income that is otherwise completely useless. If you do too, I recommend answering some questions!) Thanks for reading Dave Guarino's Occasional Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. There was a recent thread there complaining about one state agency “screw[ing] up” a user’s case. This kind of post, venting, is not uncommon. But what I found more interesting was the replies from front-line eligibility workers (many of whom are on there, lending their program expertise in their free time in a personal capacity, bless them.) One caseworker on the emotional toll: There is also a lot of burnout in Human Services for the employees - local government employ

You might have gathered by now, dear reader, that I spend a fair bit of time on the “food stamps” sub-reddit, /r/foodstamps. (For what it’s worth, just helping people is a recharging experience relative to abstract work intervening in complex systems. I have knowledge on deductions for self-employed earned income that is otherwise completely useless. If you do too, I recommend answering some questions!) There was a recent thread there complaining about one state agency “screw[ing] up” a user’s case. This kind of post, venting, is not uncommon. But what I found more interesting was the…

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