SNAP Next Step Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2365
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-07-18
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>SNAP Next Step Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill allows a state agency to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative funding for certain&nbsp;Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs.</p><p>Specifically, a state agency may recruit eligible SNAP participants for, and carry out employment and training activities under, WIOA programs. Participants must (1) be in a household that is receiving SNAP assistance, (2) meet SNAP participation requirements (e.g., work requirements)&nbsp;or be exempt from those requirements, (3) be unemployed or underemployed, (4) be in a family that is not receiving assistance under a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, and (5) not be enrolled in a&nbsp;state program that is identified as an Employment First program by a state workforce agency.&nbsp;</p><p>Further, a state agency may develop a publicly available employment calculator for the state agency's website to assist SNAP recipients in calculating whether the amount of benefits received would be greater or lesser than income from future employment. Developing the calculator must be considered an administrative cost, which is shared by a state agency and the Department of Agriculture.&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2365 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 18, 2023 Mr. Ricketts introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to authorize funds for certain employment and training activities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Next Step Act of 2023 . 2. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act eligibility Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (P) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act eligibility (i) Definition of covered individual In this subparagraph, the term covered individual means an individual that— (I) is in a household that is receiving assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program; (II) meets the requirements for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under this subsection or is exempt from those requirements pursuant to this subsection; (III) is unemployed or underemployed; (IV) is in a family that is not receiving assistance through the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ); and (V) is not enrolled in a State program that is identified as an Employment First program by the State workforce agency. (ii) Eligibility A State agency may use administrative funds to recruit participants for and carry out a program that provides employment and training activities (as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 )) under subtitle B of title I of that Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq. ) to covered individuals. . 3. Employment calculator Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4) ) (as amended by section 2) is amended by adding at the end the following: (Q) Employment calculator (i) In general Each State agency may develop a publicly available employment calculator on the website of the State agency that assists participants receiving benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program in calculating whether the amount of benefits received would be greater or lesser than income from future employment. (ii) Administrative cost Carrying out clause (i) shall be an administrative cost for purposes of section 16(a). .