Exterior of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

Mandel’s Robert Fischer discussed changes with federal assistance and food benefits

Food pantries seeing increased demand and fewer donations as possible changes in SNAP benefits loom
WEWSRobert Fischer, associate professor and the co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed proposed changes to federal assistance and food benefits”[SNAP benefits] along with Medicaid, is one of the most far-reaching of our social safety net programs,” he said.