New Allowance for Struggling Military Families Approved by Congress Not Enough, Advocates Say

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New Allowance for Struggling Military Families Approved by Congress Not Enough, Advocates Say
 
16 Dec 2021
Military.com | By Patricia Kime

Military families struggling to pay their bills may get some relief late next year in the form of a basic needs allowance to cover food and other necessities.

The National Defense Authorization Act approved by the Senate on Wednesday and set to be signed soon by President Joe Biden includes a provision that will give lower-income military families a new, non-taxable stipend to make ends meet.

Advocates who lobbied for the legislation are disappointed in the way Congress determined eligibility by including service members' Basic Allowance for Housing in the income caps, which may exclude most troops.

Those who will be eligible for the allowance include service members whose gross household incomes do not exceed 130% of the federal poverty level, based on their pay and size of family.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/16/new-allowance-struggling-military-families-approved-congress-not-enough-advocates-say.html

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The government is doing to the military family exactly what it did/does to the black family; keep them just above the subsistence level which gives them power over the members' families.