Able-bodied Adults Without Dependents

FGA Applauds Sen. Rick Scott for Introducing the Let's Get to Work Act Requiring Work in Food Stamp and Housing Programs

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

NAPLES, Fla., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) applauds Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) for introducing the Let's Get to Work Act today. The Let's Get to Work Act reinstates and expands work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving food stamps or public housing benefits.

Key Points: 
  • The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) applauds Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) for introducing the Let's Get to Work Act today.
  • NAPLES, Fla., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) applauds Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) for introducing the Let's Get to Work Act today.
  • The Let's Get to Work Act reinstates and expands work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving food stamps or public housing benefits.
  • That's why, today, I am introducing the Let's Get to Work Act," said Sen. Rick Scott.

FGA Report Shows Economic Recovery Available to States that Implement Employment and Training Food Stamp Requirements

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Food stamp work requirements consistently prove to effectively encourage able-bodied adults to find work and more than triple their incomes.

Key Points: 
  • Food stamp work requirements consistently prove to effectively encourage able-bodied adults to find work and more than triple their incomes.
  • Congressionally approved pandemic related suspensions of work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) continue to hurt individuals trapped in dependency and prevent states from full economic recovery.
  • FGA found that states can reimplement general work requirements to their food stamp programs to encourage individuals back to work.
  • States should implement mandatory employment and training assignments so that more Americans can return to work and contribute to their local economies.