U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
To advance this goal, Congress established the SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) program through the Food Security Act of 1985. As described in the legislation, the program’s purpose is to assist “members of households participating in [SNAP] in gaining skills, training, or experience that will increase their ability to obtain regular employment” (Food Security Act of 1985). FNS is funding a study to understand how SNAP E&T programs serve clients, what participants need to develop their skills, and whether current programs meet participants’ needs.
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Mathematica Examines the Use of Child Support Cooperation Requirements
Single parents are required to cooperate with child support enforcement activities in order to be eligible for certain forms of public assistance, such as Medicaid. However, for other assistance programs, the decision to impose a child support cooperation requirement is left as a state option.
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