POSITION STATEMENT: Pass the RESTORE (Re-entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials) Act

IF 3.6 3区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Translational Behavioral Medicine Pub Date : 2024-01-13 DOI:10.1093/tbm/ibad082

Lisa R LaRowe, Gwyneth Frederick, Roger Figueroa, Elizabeth Adams, Melanie Bean, Matthew Landry, Nora Nock

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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.

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立场声明：通过 RESTORE（通过资源和基本要素机会支持重返社会）法案

根据《个人责任与工作机会协调法》（PRWORA），现行联邦政策规定，有毒品重罪前科的个人终身不得享受营养补助计划（SNAP）和贫困家庭临时补助计划（TANF）的福利。拒绝向有过重罪前科的个人提供营养和经济援助将扩大现有的结构性健康不平等，阻碍个人成功重返社会，并导致累犯和更差的健康结果。因此，行为医学学会支持 RESTORE ACT（通过资源和基本要素机会重返社会支持法案），该法案将废除终身禁止因毒品重罪而被定罪的个人领取 SNAP 和 TANF 福利的规定。

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期刊介绍： Translational Behavioral Medicine publishes content that engages, informs, and catalyzes dialogue about behavioral medicine among the research, practice, and policy communities. TBM began receiving an Impact Factor in 2015 and currently holds an Impact Factor of 2.989. TBM is one of two journals published by the Society of Behavioral Medicine. The Society of Behavioral Medicine is a multidisciplinary organization of clinicians, educators, and scientists dedicated to promoting the study of the interactions of behavior with biology and the environment, and then applying that knowledge to improve the health and well-being of individuals, families, communities, and populations.