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FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Gov. Andy Beshear has announced a public health grant of $4,193,100 to expand the AmeriCorps presence in Kentucky, due to a partnership between AmeriCorps and the
Through the Department for Community Based Services, students can enroll in the SNAP Employment and Training Program.
Backers of the bill say it will encourage people to move from welfare to work; others say it puts additional, unnecessary restrictions on the poor.
Kentucky Republicans passed a bill out of a committee Monday that would put tighter rules on public assistance despite strong concerns from various advocacy groups and organizations that it would strip many low-income Kentuckians of needed assistance with food and healthcare.
House Republican leaders support the plan they say would tighten controls over help programs and encourage more people to move from welfare to work.