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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sweeping legislation to tighten rules for public assistance with the goal of steering more people into self-sufficiency sped through the Republican-dominated Kentucky House on Thursday.
House Bill 7 changes the way Kentucky administers the federal food assistance program called SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sweeping legislation to tighten rules for public assistance with the goal of steering more people into self-sufficiency sped through the Republican-dominated Kentucky House on Thursday.
Last year, the Governor and his administration as well as the General Assembly participated in Pew’s study and now they are working together to support new laws and programs that address the recommendations by eliminating barriers to addiction and expanding access to treatment.
Eric Friedlander of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services said his agency would need as many as 500 additional workers to oversee the new rules.