Ten pilot projects will test food-stamps-to-work ideas

The Obama administration will announce today “grants to 10 states looking for a better way to get food-stamp recipients back to work,” says NPR. The pilot projects are the result of a compromise by lawmakers over food stamp cuts in the 2014 farm law. Congress allotted $200 million for the projects, which are intended to improve… » Read More

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