Name: SNAP 受助者回答有關糧食券（Food Stamps）的熱門搜尋問題！ (SNAP Recipients Answer The Most Googled Questions About Food Stamps)
Uploaded: 2026-01-12T16:57:41.000Z
Duration: 8 min 10 s

If they need it, they should be applying.

如果他們有需要，就應該去申請。

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Want to dedicate our lives to something that matters to us.

想要把生命奉獻給對我們來說很重要的事情。

I'm J. Michaels, and my job is music management.

我是 J. Michaels，我的工作是音樂管理。

I teach theater and songwriting workshops, and I've been on Snap probably for the last five years.

我教戲劇和歌曲創作工作坊，而且我用了 SNAP benefits 大概有五年了。

I have a master's degree, and I was laid off from a Catholic school I was working for.

我擁有碩士學位，而且我被我之前工作的教會學校資遣了。

So I think so many of us then were in the same boat.

所以我想我們很多人當時都處在同樣的困境。

And when you fall behind, it's not easy to catch up.

當你落後了，要追上可不容易。

So if I didn't have Snap, that would be scary.

所以如果沒有 SNAP benefits，那會很可怕。

Radio is consolidating, so when you consolidate, a lot of people are let go.

廣播業正在整合，所以當你整合時，很多人都會被裁員。

And I was part of the people that were let go.

而我就是那些被裁員的一份子。

Not based on performance or anything, just pure numbers.

這不是基於表現或其他任何原因，純粹是數字問題。

I ended up, you know, applying for SNAP benefits in Texas as an adult, as a teaching artist, because I have what's called episodic income.

最後，你知道的，我在德州以一位教學藝術家的身份申請了 SNAP benefits，因為我有所謂的零星收入。

When it averages out, I actually qualify for food stamps, and

當平均下來，我其實符合申請糧食券的資格，而且

that allows me to have groceries throughout the year without worrying about, you know, am I gonna be able to pay for them this month or next month.

這讓我在一整年中都有辦法買到食物，不用擔心這個月或下個月能不能付得起。

領取 SNAP benefits 的人是有需求的。

if you don't have enough money and you need food, then you should be on it.

如果你的錢不夠，又需要食物，那你應該要申請。

I had to fill out so much information, and

I also don't believe so many people are on it.

There's a percentage of the population that genuinely needs this service, and I needed this service.

有一部分人口確實需要這項服務，而我當時也需要。

You have to meet certain requirements, Income and work and household size, in addition to the actual application process, which is a long application where you have to submit information on everything you've made in the last few months.

你得符合某些條件，像是收入、工作和家庭人數，還有實際的申請流程，那是一份很長的申請表，你得提交過去幾個月所有收入的資料。

Your bank statements from any bank account that you have, any assets that you have.

你所有銀行帳戶的銀行對帳單，還有你擁有的任何資產。

You have to list them on the account, and you have to provide documentation.

你必須在帳戶上列出這些，並提供證明文件。

In addition to that, there is an interview that will be scheduled for you, but

除此之外，還會有一個為你安排的訪談，但是

you will never make it because they will mail you an invitation that will always be late so you won't make it.

你永遠都趕不上，因為他們會寄給你一張邀請函，但總是會遲到，所以你趕不上。

And so then you have to actually call their office at, like, you know, whenever they open.

所以你得打電話給他們的辦公室，你知道的，就是他們開始上班的時候。

Or you can take the route of going in person to the social services office, where you can get there an hour before they open and wait in line.

或者你可以親自去社會福利辦公室，在那裡你可以在他們開門前一小時就到，然後排隊等候。

Like you're auditioning for Broadway or something and apply in person and have all those documents with you.

就像你在 auditioning for Broadway 一樣，親自去申請，並帶著所有那些文件。

I don't know if you've ever been to a food bank.

我不知道你是否去過食物銀行。

Maybe you'll get a bag of oranges and some flour and a big tray of frozen vegetable lasagna.

也許你會拿到一袋橘子、一些麵粉，還有一大盤冷凍蔬菜義大利肉醬千層麵。

我們都有自己的口味和想吃的東西，

it's human dignity to want to eat the foods that we want.

想要吃我們想吃的食物，這是人類的尊嚴。

In radio, we did a lot of benefits for food banks.

在廣播電臺時，我們為食物銀行辦了很多募款活動。

food banks seem like for people that really couldn't even go through the system.

食物銀行好像是給那些真的無法通過體系的人用的。

I think people have this idea that a food bank is like a grocery store where it's just like open all the time and you just go and you pick out what you want.

我覺得大家會有一個想法，覺得食物銀行就像是間超市，隨時都開著，你就可以進去挑選你想要的。

If I could paint a picture for you, imagine if you and your friends decided to have a food bank in your neighborhood, right?

如果我能為你描繪一幅畫面，想像一下你和你的朋友們決定在你們社區辦個食物銀行，對吧？

We're gonna be here for these hours, these set hours on this set day of the week, and

我們會在這裡開放這幾個小時，這幾個固定的開放時間，在每週的這一天，

then you can come and pick up food, meaning you can take whatever's available for you.

接著你也可以來領取食物，意思是你都可以拿走你需要的東西。

So, one, you have the challenge of being able to be there on time.

所以，第一，你會有準時出現的挑戰。

Second, you have the challenge of even knowing about it in the first place, like actually finding one.

第二，你甚至會有事先知道這件事的挑戰，像是實際找到一個。

And I have unfortunately been in the position where I had to find a food bank or had to find a community fridge.

而不幸的是，我曾經遇過必須找食物銀行或社區冰箱的狀況。

And I genuinely think that the people who run food banks, like, they do this out of the goodness of their heart.

而且我真心覺得經營食物銀行的人，他們都是出於好心在做這件事。

So they're trying to provide things that are fresh, but

所以他們會盡量提供新鮮的東西，但

sometimes by the time things get there, they might not be fresh.

有時候東西送到的時候，可能就沒那麼新鮮了。

I don't have enough money for everything, and I don't live an extravagant life.

我沒有足夠的錢支付所有開銷，而且我過著並不奢侈的生活。

I live in a mobile home and I have a car that's paid off.

我住在一間行動房屋裡，還有一臺已經還清貸款的車。

So it just has to do with financial need.

所以這一切都跟財務需求有關。

大多數SNAP benefits的領取者並不是不工作。

So many people are using it to supplement money while they're in between jobs.

所以很多人在失業期間用它來補貼收入。

A lot of people who are on SNAP are working class people, meaning they have jobs.

很多領取SNAP的人是工薪階層，這表示他們有工作。

When I say underemployed, I mean people who have jobs, but

我說就業不足，是指有工作，但是

they're not making enough money to pay their bills.

They're not making enough to pay rent, groceries, all that.

賺的錢不夠付房租、買雜貨等等。

You have folks who are disabled to the point where they cannot work.

And then you've got a whole lot of people who just are not able to make ends meet.

然後還有很多人就是沒辦法維持生計。

One of the biggest recipients of SNAP benefits, like, you're talking about literally feeding children.

SNAP benefits 的最大受益者之一，像是，你說的真的是在餵小孩。

Not fancy food, not cat food, not dog food, not diapers, cigarettes, alcohol, none of those things.

不是買高級食物、貓糧、狗糧、尿布、香菸、酒，這些都不行。

And if it's food that's prepared, let's say a grocery store has fried chicken.

如果說是一些熟食，假設一家雜貨店有炸雞。

SNAP doesn't cover it because it's cooked in that store.

SNAP 不會涵蓋，因為那是店家煮好的。

They're good restrictions, too, because you have to use it for things that are going to support your family.

這些限制其實是好的，因為你必須用在能支持家人的東西上。

It's not something you can abuse and go buy alcohol and stuff like that.

這不是那種你可以濫用去買酒什麼的。

And you're only allowed to use it for food.

I can't even buy toilet paper with food stamps.

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