8 The asset test.

• Position: STATELINE - Pennsylvania to test the assets of applicants before granting food stamps - Brief article

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Pennsylvania will begin taking into account the assets applicants possess before granting food stamps. Anne Bale, from the Department of Public Welfare, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the change was to ensure "people with resources are not taking advantage of the food-stamp program." The proposed change surprised many, the paper reported, because federal statistics show the state, at 0.1 percent, has one of the lowest food-stamp fraud rates in the country. As of May 1, people under age 60 with more than $2,000 in...