Food Stamp Program: Information on Employment and Training Activities
RCED-99-40
Published: Dec 14, 1998. Publicly Released: Jan 05, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the number of able-bodied adults without dependents who are receiving food stamp benefits, the number who are required to meet the work requirements, and the number who are exempted from the requirements; (2) the number of able-bodied adults without dependents participating in qualifying employment and training or Workfare programs; and (3) the amounts of federal grant funds that states spent through the first three quarters of fiscal year 1998 for employment and training or workfare programs for food stamp recipients.
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Employment assistance programsFood relief programsState-administered programsStatistical dataUnemployment ratesWelfare recipientsWorkfareDependentsAdultsfood stamp benefits