From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/):
People seeking help to meet their basic needs is a statement of human dignity and justice. However, coded language, dog-whistling, and racist stereotypes have reinforced the lie that people who receive public benefits are exaggerating their income level and likely committing fraud. This new report and blog explore how the excessive deployment of Intentional Program Violations (IPVs) over-police and criminalize people experiencing poverty, particularly people of color, in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the guise of “program integrity.” An accompanying fact sheet provides advice to individuals accused of IPVs.
Read more at https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/snap-program-integrity-how-racialized-fraud-provisions-criminalize-hunger.
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