Kansas

That would be the next step....In the meantime...

Why penalize someone willing to meet the work req...so their family can eat? No one should go hungry in this land of plenty...just because they live in an impoverish area with low employment chances...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) SNAP offers nutrition assistance to millions of eligible, low-income individuals and families and provides economic benefits to communities. SNAP is the largest program in the domestic hunger safety net.Apr 25, 2018

Federal rules require able-bodied adults who receive food assistance to work 20 hours per week, but the requirement only applies to 85 percent of the state’s caseload. The Kelly administration has embraced the wiggle room for the remaining 15 percent — an “exemption” in the parlance of federal bureaucracy that wasn’t utilized under the administrations of Brownback and Gov. Jeff Colyer.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/02/01/2018-28059/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-requirements-for-able-bodied-adults-without-dependents

SUMMARY:

Federal law generally limits the amount of time an able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) can receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to 3 months in a 36-month period, unless the individual meets certain work requirements. On the request of a State SNAP agency, the law also gives the Department of Agriculture (the Department) the authority to temporarily waive the time limit in areas that have an unemployment rate of over 10 percent or a lack of sufficient jobs. The law also provides State agencies with a limited number of percentage exemptions that can be used by States to extend SNAP eligibility for ABAWDs subject to the time limit. The Department proposes to amend the regulatory standards by which the Department evaluates State SNAP agency requests to waive the time limit and to end the unlimited carryover of ABAWD percentage exemptions. The proposed rule would encourage broader application of the statutory ABAWD work requirement, consistent with the Administration's focus on fostering self-sufficiency. The Department seeks comments from the public on the proposed regulations.