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When navigating government benefits becomes your full-time job

I have been on SNAP for three years and I feel like I am lying when people ask what I do for work because I spend forty hours a week just managing appointments and paperwork to survive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The bureaucratic maze of survival has consumed your identity and left you questioning your worth beyond the system's definitions.

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“Where Are You with Low Income & Government Benefits Navigation?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.