POSITION STATEMENT: Pass the RESTORE (Re-entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials) Act.
Transl Behav Med
; 14(3): 187-188, 2024 02 23.
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| ID: mdl-38217523
ABSTRACT
Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), current federal policy mandates a lifetime ban for individuals with a past felony drug conviction from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Denying nutritional and financial assistance to individuals with a past felony conviction will widen existing structural health inequities, set back individuals' successful re-entry into society, and contribute to recidivism and poorer health outcomes. Therefore, the Society of Behavioral Medicine supports the RESTORE ACT (Re-Entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials Act), which would repeal the lifetime ban on receiving SNAP and TANF benefits for individuals convicted of a drug felony.
Current US law bans people who have been convicted of felony drug crime from participating in nutritional and financial assistance programs (i.e. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF]). By not allowing people who have been convicted of a drug felony to access these programs, this law risks worsening health outcomes and perpetuating existing health disparities. The Society of Behavioral Medicine supports the RESTORE Act (Re-Entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials Act), which would end the federal ban and allow all income-eligible people to access SNAP and TANF benefits.
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Medicina do Comportamento
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Assistência Alimentar
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Transl Behav Med
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article