The Trump administration changed food-stamp requirements to 'increase employment,' not simply remove people from the program, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says.
, first proposed in February, that limits the ability of states to grant work waivers for single, able-bodied adults enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as food stamps.
The change is expected to remove up to 755,000 people from the program. In 2018, there were 2.9 million single, able-bodied working adults who received SNAP benefits, according to the USDA. Nearly three-quarters were not employed. Under the existing law, single, able-bodied adults cannot receive food-stamp benefits for more than three months within a three-year period, unless they work, volunteer or are in job training programs for 80 hours a month., some states were granting waivers to make sure people could have access to food-stamp benefits.Perdue argued Wednesday that the state of the economy under President"We've got more jobs based on ...
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