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| Assisting fathers in overcoming the barriers that prevent them from supporting their children is the aim of the Father Project. Commissioner Lucinda Jesson met in Minneapolis Dec. 12 with representatives of the Minneapolis organization that helps low-income, noncustodial fathers become more involved in their children’s lives. More information about the Father Project is online. |
| Applicants for Minnesota Food Support should be aware that there is never a fee for applying for benefits, and to be on the lookout for ads on the Internet falsely offering to help fill out applications. The goal of such scams is to collect personal information, including credit card information, from potential Food Support recipients. The federal agency that manages the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reports that there have recently been scams in which applicants are asked to provide cell phone numbers and are then automatically enrolled into an expensive service without warning. A “scam alert” provides regular updates about these illegal schemes. |
| The importance of Food Support, Minnesota’s food stamp program, and its relationship to good nutrition was the topic of a recent meeting between a top state leader and tribal elders at a northern Minnesota American Indian reservation. Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon spoke with elders from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, who had gathered in Cloquet Oct. 26 to participate in a physical activity class and a nutrition education lesson. More information about Prettner Solon's visit is online. |
| Two St. Paul-based employment and children’s services providers that work with DHS recently hosted Commissioner Lucinda Jesson as part of her weekly visits with community partners. Jesson visited with clients and program experts at Lifetrack Resources and Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota Aug. 12. Both service providers, Lifetrack Resources and Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota, are located at 709 University Ave. in St. Paul. More information about the commissioner’s visit is online. |
| Food Support caseloads have increased since November 2010, when Minnesota increased its Food Support gross income limit from 130 percent of poverty to 165 percent of federal poverty guidelines and eliminated the asset limit for most households. Minnesota also experienced historically large caseload growth since 2008, the start of the recession. A new study, Evaluation Notes Issue 23: Increased Food Support Income Limits and Elimination of the Asset Test: Effects on the Caseload (PDF) looks at whether caseload growth since November 2010 is part of the larger economic downturn, and the extent to which caseload growth can be attributed to changes in asset and income tests. |
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