Trump administration wants work requirements for food stamps

Published January 24, 2018 8:44pm ET



The Trump administration is pressing for additional work requirements for people receiving food stamps from the government.

In a four-page document released Wednesday, the Department of Agriculture made several suggestions for farm bill legislation being crafted in Congress, writing that it supports “work as the pathway to self-sufficiency, well-being, and economic mobility for individuals and families receiving supplemental nutrition assistance.” The program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, was formerly known as food stamps and covers 45.6 million people.

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