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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school is supposedly 6% farms. Which I find amazing because that means 45 kids/750.

In our district there are ZERO apartments and ZERO condos. I am not exaggerating. Literally zero. The cheapest townhome is worth $350k and rents for $1800/month. There is no Section 8 or anything like that.

So even figuring 2 kids per family on average, there are 22 families so poor they qualify for FARMS? I have a hard time believing that. [/quote]

Foster kids?

Families doubled up with relatives in their home?

Families who bought their home in better times, and are now experiencing extended unemployment?

Widow trying to stretch out a life insurance payment?
 
Housekeeper or other domestic servant with an exception to bring their child to the school by their work?

Kids being brought in for a special education program?[/quote]

But if you livibg with grandparents, shouldn't that factor into the FARMS formula? What is they are rich? Also, widows in a nice house with life insurance are not poor even if they have no income. Maybe these people do wualify but that seems unethical to me.[/quote]

No. Just because grandma provides a place to live doesn't mean they have any legal responsibility to provide money to their adult children. They are not counted if the adult child is over 22 (SNAP) or 18 (TANF.) It doesn't matter who COULD afford to help. It matters who has the legal responsibility to do so.

SNAP has resource limits. TANF does not. Someone with life insurance but no income might qualify for TANF. you might not like that, but that's the law. If people are following the law, you can't fault them for being unethical. Fault your lawmakers. [/quote]

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