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TASK FORCES
POVERTY AD HOC
 
  2019
 
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD SNAP NPRM Comments
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) submit the following comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed rule, “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents,” (RIN 0584–AE57, 84 Fed. Reg. 980, published February 1, 2019).
(April 2,  2019) - Download [ PDF ]
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force Annual Report for 2018
(January 9,  2019) - Download [ PDF ]
 
 
  2018
 
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Farm Bill Conferees Letter
As the Farm Bill enters into House-Senate conference, the undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) urge you to continue the longstanding bipartisan commitment to protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). We urge the conference to reject any proposals to restrict eligibility, reduce benefits, cap or reduce funding, or make harmful structural changes to SNAP.
(August 14,  2018) - Download [ PDF ]
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Preserve SNAP Fact Sheet
In the U.S., all too often food insecurity and disability go together. Families that include people with disabilities are two to three times more likely to experience food insecurity than families that have no members with disabilities. Similarly, people experiencing food insecurity have increased likelihood of chronic illness and disability.
(May 8,  2018) - Download [ PDF ]
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD House Farm Bill Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) urge you to continue the longstanding bipartisan commitment to protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by rejecting proposals to restrict eligibility, reduce benefits, cap or reduce funding, or make harmful structural changes to SNAP in the Farm Bill.
(May 7,  2018) - Download [ PDF ]
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD House Farm Bill Letter
On behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force, we urge you to continue the longstanding bipartisan commitment to protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by rejecting proposals to restrict eligibility, reduce benefits, cap or reduce funding, or make harmful structural changes to SNAP in the Farm Bill.
(April 17,  2018) - Download [ PDF ]
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD SNAP ANPR Comments
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) submit the following comments on U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements and Services for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents” (RIN 0584–AE57, 83 Fed. Reg. 8013, published February 23, 2018).
(April 9,  2018) - Download [ PDF ]
 
 
  2016
 
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Poverty TF Letter: Recommendations and considerations related to people with disabilities and their families.
As you develop plans to reduce poverty and increase opportunity in America, we write as Co-Chairs of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force to offer recommendations and considerations related to people with disabilities and their families.
(May 26,  2016) - Download [ PDF ]
Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Poverty Ad Hoc TF Questions
Our nation’s 57 million Americans with disabilities and their families have a major stake in ongoing conversations about increasing opportunity and reducing poverty. Disability and poverty intersect in many ways:
(May 26,  2016) - Download [ PDF ]