Can $1 billion help low-income Americans find jobs
“$1 billion a year for job training sure sounds like a lot of money. That’s how much Congressional Republicans want to give states to help food stamp recipients find work. It’s a huge increase over the $90 million in federal funding that currently flows to state training programs for those in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as food stamps is formally known. The investment — part of the House 2018 farm bill — is historic, say GOP lawmakers.”