The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 29, 1980, Page Page 3, Image 3
Food stamp!
program cut
By Ronda Templeton
Most South Carolina college students receiving food
stamps will lose their eligibility Sept.l under regulations set
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pat Waldron, a food stamp specialist' with the Food and
Nutrition Service in Atlanta, said most college students in the
United States receiving food stamps are doing so under false
1 1 n ? 1 n?nn
pretenses anu v^ungi et>s> uas uiivcii sicjw iu oiup uicm.
"Congress is concerned that the majority of students come
from families able to provide them with a sufficient amount
of support," Waldron said. The government will restrict jfood
stamp benefits to the very needy, he said.
ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE, including 150,000 college
ctiirionte will rirnr?n?Hl from the food stamn Droeram. and
food stamp payments should drop by $80 million annually. '
The new rules, established by 1980 amendments to the Food
Stamp Act, will affect students between 18 and 60 years old.
Exceptions will be made for low-income students with
disabilities, those who work more than 20 hours each week,4 (
heads of households with dependents, students who participate
in federal work-study programs and those enrolled in
work-incentive programs.
An additional 50,000 people will lose eligibility when a new
limit on assets takes effect Oct.l
Households receiving food stamps must have assets
totaling less than $1,750, but the new rule will lower that limit
tr? ti qrtn Accotc snr?h itoms as antnmnhiJes real estate.
and money in bank accounts, Waldron said.
HOUSEHOLDS OF TWO or more persons in which one of
the residents is elderly will not be affected by the changes in
food stamp eligibility rules. The asset limit for those
households will remain at $3,000, Waldron said.
Tom Gregory, spokesman for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, said the new rules are designed to make the food
stamp program "a little tougher on students."
Students account for less than 1 percent of the
Americans on food stamps, Waldron said.
see Food, page 8
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By Leroy Williams
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If you were near Carolina
Coliseum Wednesday night
you probably noticed the
loud music, lounge chairs,
sleeping bags and 500 warm
bodies.
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ticket pickup for November's
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people a chance to make
friends, drink beer and
forget their troubles.
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