Lost job, qualify for free/reduced meals, etc.?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, apply for everything. Go to the pantries, get all the things. Good luck!

This is why I donate to charities overseas where people are actually starving.

I am proud that the USA takes care of innocent children here whose parents have become unemployed suddenly. I would happily pay more taxes to continue to support parents, dependents, and families that are struggling.
May I suggest you volunteer at a food bank for a few hours and see the faces of the elderly and children you are denying?

You can send extra tax money to the IRS.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you have 200k in savings, 15k in checking and can sell a house. You ain't getting shit. Go get a job

Actually OP qualifies for a lot. Stay mad.

And OP should apply. Our taxes go into these services for when we may need them. You're not a hero for never needing them - you're simply lucky.

OP is worth over 400k, so she is lucky as well. She can apply for whatever programs she wants, but it's hard to believe that these programs were intended for people like OP.

It is meant for everyone who qualifies. She should apply and the government, not you, can decide.

Guidelines. Includes savings. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-031325

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Anonymous wrote:Child support from your ex still isn't enough to make ends meet until your severance runs out and/or unemployment kicks in and/or find another job?

You might have to re-frame your lifestyle, discretionary spending, and overall expenses, but youre certainly not at the threshold of "poor" to trigger free food from FCPS.

Its unlikely the cs has been modified if they just lost their job a month ago.

So maybe Op should consider adjusting the child support sooner rather than later.

Or, she can get a job, any job.

You are an imbecile. Like she prefer to be unemployed?

Obviously she prefers to be unemployed. Tons of jobs out there. You can do landscaping work or flip burgers. No shame in doing what you have to do to survive.

A person on unemployment is doing themself a disservice by doing minimum wage jobs such as these. The income one would make flipping burgers/doing landscaping work is going to take away from the amount of unemployment they can receive. A minimum wage job will pay approx as much as unemployment ($375/wk ish) yet will require the person on unemployment to spend their time working said min wage job vs looking for a better paying job. Why would someone willingly do that before unemployment runs out?

Unemployment insurance is not a public benefit, it is paid into by your (former) employer. If they qualify for unemployment, why should someone forgo it to flip burgers instead?

I have no idea how much OP would receive on unemployment and for how long? I do know that my kids makes $20/hr making kabobs though lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you have 200k in savings, 15k in checking and can sell a house. You ain't getting shit. Go get a job

Actually OP qualifies for a lot. Stay mad.

And OP should apply. Our taxes go into these services for when we may need them. You're not a hero for never needing them - you're simply lucky.

OP is worth over 400k, so she is lucky as well. She can apply for whatever programs she wants, but it's hard to believe that these programs were intended for people like OP.

It is meant for everyone who qualifies. She should apply and the government, not you, can decide.

Guidelines. Includes savings. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-031325

What are you talking about? The school lunch program does not look at household savings to determine eligibility. Are people intentionally trolling this issue

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you have 200k in savings, 15k in checking and can sell a house. You ain't getting shit. Go get a job

Actually OP qualifies for a lot. Stay mad.

And OP should apply. Our taxes go into these services for when we may need them. You're not a hero for never needing them - you're simply lucky.

OP is worth over 400k, so she is lucky as well. She can apply for whatever programs she wants, but it's hard to believe that these programs were intended for people like OP.

It is meant for everyone who qualifies. She should apply and the government, not you, can decide.

Guidelines. Includes savings. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-031325

What are you talking about? The school lunch program does not look at household savings to determine eligibility. Are people intentionally trolling this issue

What are YOU talking about? "Other cash income would include cash amounts received or withdrawn from any source including savings, investments, trust accounts and other resources that would be available to pay the price of a child's meal."

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Anonymous wrote:OP, apply for everything. Go to the pantries, get all the things. Good luck!

This is why I donate to charities overseas where people are actually starving.

I am proud that the USA takes care of innocent children here whose parents have become unemployed suddenly. I would happily pay more taxes to continue to support parents, dependents, and families that are struggling.
May I suggest you volunteer at a food bank for a few hours and see the faces of the elderly and children you are denying?

You're advocating for people with hundreds of thousands in assets and those same people live in a country with a fairly large social safety net. That's fine if you want to volunteer at a soup kitchen, but there is no comparison between those people and people who are literally dying in a country that provides basically nothing to their most vulnerable citizens.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m annoyed my dad has 4K to his name and couldn’t get approved for food stamps and we had to apply again and waiting and here is Op w her 200K in investments and some retirement. Disgusting.

Not sure if that’s your case but it happens a lot in states with no or high asset limits. People with low salaries or SS don’t qualify while those with hefty assets do.

True, he doesn’t have dependents and may live in a state that has required work attached to benefits. We are headed this way at the end of next year. Get ready to support elderly parents and relatives like this.

To be fair work req is only 64 and younger.
Yes many ppl under 64 are too disabled to work but that’s a different issue. Let’s not pretend 80 year olds will have to get jobs

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you have 200k in savings, 15k in checking and can sell a house. You ain't getting shit. Go get a job

Actually OP qualifies for a lot. Stay mad.

And OP should apply. Our taxes go into these services for when we may need them. You're not a hero for never needing them - you're simply lucky.

OP is worth over 400k, so she is lucky as well. She can apply for whatever programs she wants, but it's hard to believe that these programs were intended for people like OP.

It is meant for everyone who qualifies. She should apply and the government, not you, can decide.

Guidelines. Includes savings. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-031325

What are you talking about? The school lunch program does not look at household savings to determine eligibility. Are people intentionally trolling this issue

What are YOU talking about? "Other cash income would include cash amounts received or withdrawn from any source including savings, investments, trust accounts and other resources that would be available to pay the price of a child's meal."

DP.
IF they are withdrawn.
If not they are assets
Interest is also income

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you have 200k in savings, 15k in checking and can sell a house. You ain't getting shit. Go get a job

Actually OP qualifies for a lot. Stay mad.

And OP should apply. Our taxes go into these services for when we may need them. You're not a hero for never needing them - you're simply lucky.

OP is worth over 400k, so she is lucky as well. She can apply for whatever programs she wants, but it's hard to believe that these programs were intended for people like OP.

It is meant for everyone who qualifies. She should apply and the government, not you, can decide.

Guidelines. Includes savings. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-031325

States have their own rules in addition to federal

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Some of you guys are confusing “Food Stamps” ie SNAP, with FARMS… Free/Reduced School breakfast and lunch.

To be frank, school meals can be pretty junky. As a taxpayer, I don’t begrudge anyone free school meals. I don’t care how many assets you have. No one gets school lunch for funzies.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m annoyed my dad has 4K to his name and couldn’t get approved for food stamps and we had to apply again and waiting and here is Op w her 200K in investments and some retirement. Disgusting.

Not sure if that’s your case but it happens a lot in states with no or high asset limits. People with low salaries or SS don’t qualify while those with hefty assets do.

True, he doesn’t have dependents and may live in a state that has required work attached to benefits. We are headed this way at the end of next year. Get ready to support elderly parents and relatives like this.

To be fair work req is only 64 and younger.
Yes many ppl under 64 are too disabled to work but that’s a different issue. Let’s not pretend 80 year olds will have to get jobs

I’m the OP and yes past 65, gets barely 1K social security, pays Medicare, no retirement savings at all and can’t qualify. It’s a red state of course. M

But sure OPs got hungry mouths to feed ugh.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you have 200k in savings, 15k in checking and can sell a house. You ain't getting shit. Go get a job

Actually OP qualifies for a lot. Stay mad.

And OP should apply. Our taxes go into these services for when we may need them. You're not a hero for never needing them - you're simply lucky.

OP is worth over 400k, so she is lucky as well. She can apply for whatever programs she wants, but it's hard to believe that these programs were intended for people like OP.

It is meant for everyone who qualifies. She should apply and the government, not you, can decide.

Guidelines. Includes savings. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-031325

It really doesn't. It mentions dividends or interest from investments. That's income. Not the asset itself but the money you earn from the asset.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you have 200k in savings, 15k in checking and can sell a house. You ain't getting shit. Go get a job

Actually OP qualifies for a lot. Stay mad.

And OP should apply. Our taxes go into these services for when we may need them. You're not a hero for never needing them - you're simply lucky.

OP is worth over 400k, so she is lucky as well. She can apply for whatever programs she wants, but it's hard to believe that these programs were intended for people like OP.

It is meant for everyone who qualifies. She should apply and the government, not you, can decide.

Guidelines. Includes savings. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-031325

States have their own rules in addition to federal

They do. A few states do have asset tests for SNAP (food stamps)

Most do not.

No state has an asset test for Free/Reduced meals in schools. Just income.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit I’m a little stunned you expect benefits with ~400k in assets.

NP. When taxpaying people who have been continuously employed lose their jobs, they panic. This was me during the Great Recession.

I think it helps for people to tell others that they should seek out all the benefits to which they are legally entitled.

The strong motivations of people to stay employed and produce pay the taxes that help everyone who has trouble through their trouble spots.

OP, there are federal guidelines for subsidized lunch prices. And your school district likely sends out forms each year that can be downloaded off the school district website.

They may also have some program for food insecure kids to get food on the weekends. I don't think you would need that but it makes sense to understand all programs available.

If you feel bad about taking advantage of these programs, just make a plan to pay it forward to others when you are back on your feet. If you can calmly involve your kids in penny pinching, that might actually be skill developing for them (couponing, thrifting, repairing). Those are life skills that everyone who is not really rich needs.

This, all of it. OP, you sound very responsible in that you are making a plan for kind of a worst-case scenario. I 100% support people getting benefits when they have assets but zero income. It keeps them stable and on a macro level, the greater population stable. Also, best of luck with your job search. In that too, you sound like you are covering your bases (recognizing it typically takes a while).

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you have 200k in savings, 15k in checking and can sell a house. You ain't getting shit. Go get a job

Actually OP qualifies for a lot. Stay mad.

And OP should apply. Our taxes go into these services for when we may need them. You're not a hero for never needing them - you're simply lucky.

OP is worth over 400k, so she is lucky as well. She can apply for whatever programs she wants, but it's hard to believe that these programs were intended for people like OP.

It is meant for everyone who qualifies. She should apply and the government, not you, can decide.

Guidelines. Includes savings. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-031325

What are you talking about? The school lunch program does not look at household savings to determine eligibility. Are people intentionally trolling this issue

What are YOU talking about? "Other cash income would include cash amounts received or withdrawn from any source including savings, investments, trust accounts and other resources that would be available to pay the price of a child's meal."

Go to fcps or any other site, actually fill out the form and you will see what we are talking about. It isn’t a FAFSA for gods sake.