Able-bodied adults without children will be expected to enter a training program or go to work if they want to remain eligible beyond three months for food stamps in Indiana, the Indy Star reported.
To be eligible for food stamps, an individual has to earn less than 130 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $15,170. Under federal rules put in place during the Clinton administration, an able-bodied person wanting to stay on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after three months needs to be enrolled in a training course or hold a job.
Indiana could have requested a waiver to this rule based on the state's economic climate. Instead, the state will re-establish time-limited benefits as a way to encourage residents to enter the workforce, according to Lance Rhodes of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, the Star reported.
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4 comments:
Someone has some common sense.
12:28 - notice it's not from around here!
what a concept!
So its law but most states including MD opt out? So once again laws on the books but not enforced..kinda makes you go uhmmm....wonder how many mouths this massive abused system does feed who really need it.? My assumption include the administrative paychecks too..smaller system means more hungry and unemployed?.what an effing monster this welfare system has established in this country...
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