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PBS News Hour: How some families are banned from food stamps for life due to past drug convictions

PBS News Hour: How some families are banned from food stamps for life due to past drug convictions

by Chelsea Anderson | Jun 29, 2023 | In The News

By Laura Santhanam When Aubrie Butler applied for nutrition benefits a few years ago, she was honest about her husband’s 2006 felony drug conviction, thinking, “All they can say is ‘no.’” South Carolina started to give her $800 a month for food, and she was thrilled....

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