We want to

get as many
individuals out
of poverty.
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Temporary
Assistance
Program

TAP will have the same income

requirements and benefits as
SNAP.

Temporary Assistance Program

1642 West 5th St.
Grand Forks, ND 58201
701-478-2409
info@TAP.com
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Temporary Assistance Program

The focus of TAP will be to

help the poor work themselves
out of poverty.

NEW and IMPROVED

What is Changing?
We are changing:

What is the Temporary

Assistance Program?
The Temporary Assistance Program is the new and
improved version of the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP). It is federal program
that gives food benefits to people that arent able to
afford food for themselves.

Whats wrong with the Supplemental

Assistance Nutrition Program?
SNAP has made a significant impact in addressing
hunger and malnutrition in the United States.
Currently, one out of every six Americans is on the
program. The bad news is that it has made a
significant contribution to our national debt. There
are two major problems with the program:
1.

44% of the able bodied adults of working

age on the program were neither working
nor looking for work
2. 56% of the recipients had been on the
program for more than five years.
Based on these two facts, it appears that the SNAP
program is creating a type of permanent welfare state
for nearly half of the participants on the program.

The name of the program

The focus of the program
The participation requirements
More social worker interaction

The very first change in the program would be the

name from Supplemental Assistance Nutrition
Program (SNAP) to Temporary Assistance Program
(TAP). The change of the name is to have a name
that better describes the focus of the program. The
focus is the second change. We would change the
focus from permanently feeding the poor, to helping
the poor work themselves out of poverty. The third
change is the participation requirements. The
program will no longer be an entitlement program,
but rather the benefits will be earned. Full benefits
can only be received if participants meet the
requirement of the TAP program. The participation
requirements of the TAP program are that the ablebodied adults of working age must do one of the
following:
1. Be looking for work in earnest
2. Be taking training to improve their
qualifications
3. Work at the best job they can find
The final change is more social worker interaction.
Meaning that after the individual qualifies, they will
be placed with a social worker that helps get them
their benefits.

Whats staying the same?

The income requirements and benefits will stay the
same.
Income Requirements:
Household
Maximum Income Level
Size*
(Per Year)
1
$15,444
2
$20,826
3
$26,208
4
$31,590
5
$36,972
6
$42,354
7
$47,749
8
$53,157
Benefits:
Household Size
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Each Additional Member

Amount
$194
$357
$511
$649
$771
$925
$1,022
$1,169
$146

Overall Outcome
The overall outcome of the program that we would
want to happen is that individuals will get higher
paying jobs that raise their income above the
poverty level so that they can get off the program.
We understand that will not happen with every
individual, but then they will not receive as many
benefits.