Getting able-bodied adults off of welfare and back into the workforce is the focus of reforms to federal transfer programs in a bill released by the House Agriculture Committee Thursday.
"We need to begin to define success differently—not by how many people we serve, but rather how many people we aid in climbing the economic ladder," Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Conaway (R., Texas) wrote in an op-ed in Thursday's USA Today.
About 42 million Americans benefit from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly referred to as food stamps. That includes millions who are able-bodied adults who both are not seniors and do not have young children. At the same time, unemployment has plummeted and the Federal Reserve has found that employers are still seeking more workers to fill positions.
In other words, there is a large population of welfare recipients who could be getting back to work and off the dole at the same time that the economy is prepared to accept even more workers.
The new bill proposes to simplify and expand work requirements associated with SNAP in an effort to combat this disparity..
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ReplyDeleteThey will almost need to create a 'Welfare-to-work' training program to work with the people who have grown up on welfare and don't know what working and responsibility are all about.
ReplyDeleteTeach them what they need to be successful and work with them through an on-the-job training program so that they can feel the rewarding feeling of earning their own living and being productive, responsible members of society.
HELP them make the change-- it won't be easy for some.
Dems don't like that they keep there People Bribed.
DeleteCan't wait to see these happy smiling faces behind the counter at fast food places and checkout lines at the grocery store or walmart. Even better, they will be taking care of your relatives at the local nursing homes as aides.
ReplyDeleteThere is honor in work.
ReplyDelete3:33 Yes there is 🙂
ReplyDeleteGive them only 26 weeks of SNAP, after that go hungry or get off your lazy ass and get a job!
ReplyDeleteI'm too tired to work
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