OHIOANS CLAIM STATE DISCRIMINATES ON FOOD STAMPS

Advocates for poor people have filed a civil rights complaint against Ohio officials for failing to renew the state's food stamp waiver for all 88 Ohio counties, which left thousands of Ohioans without SNAP benefits. The federal government allowed states to waive minimum work requirements during the recession, and Ohio officials have applied for and received a statewide waiver from the work requirement since 2007. But last year officials asked for a waiver only for the 16 most economically depressed of Ohio's 88 counties. Now, the waiver does not cover Ohio's big, urban counties such as Cuyahoga County. The advocacy groups argue this decision disproportionately hurt minority residents. 

Source: Cleveland.com, 8/18/14, SNAP Discrimination