Some low-wage earners must choose between pay raises and government assistance ...Middle East

Recent raises for low-wage workers have helped some workers, but caused many others to lose essential public benefits. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)When Erica received a pay raise from $9.20 an hour to $15 an hour, it sent her tumbling over what is known as the benefits cliff. Erica’s SNAP benefits (food stamps), Medicaid benefits and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) supplement were cut. The next raise pushed Erica’s pay to $17 an hour. That good fortune cost her all of her benefits. “That’s the caveat, I guess, of being on government assistance but also wanting more for yourself,” Erica said in a video shared by Charlotte-based Freedom Communities, a nonprofit that focuses on educatio

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