Starting in October, some food stamp recipients in West Virginia will have to meet certain work requirements to benefit from the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). To receive SNAP benefits, those recipients will have to either work, volunteer or participate in workforce training for at least 20 hours a week. The bill would allow recipients in certain counties to receive a work requirement waiver until October 2022. After that point, “no able-bodied working adults in the state can receive waivers from the work requirement,” the paper reported. According to data released by the USDA last month, roughly 14.9 percent of households in West Virginia faced food insecurity from 2014 to 2016.

Source: Fox News March 29, 2018 20:38 UTC